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POSTED MARCH 16, 2018

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

It wasn't until the early 1900's that government began to take control of the schools. In 1980, the then candidate, Ronald Reagan, promised to abolish the Department of Education. ( Another promise broken). Sadly, in concert with the government takeover of education, tests on educational performance began to decline. Today, American students are behind many nations in performance, including some 3rd world countries.

So, here we go again! The subject article covers an Ohio student being suspended for refusing to leave school and participate in the anti-gun demonstrations by public school students nationwide. I'm sorry, but my tax dollars are supposed to be spent teaching our children at school, not leaving school to partake in political demonstrations.

There are many school systems around the nation that graduate students that would have been considered functionally illiterate a generation or 2 ago. Instead of responding to alarm bells relating to the epidemic of ignorance among our youth, our government masters are busy indoctrinating our children with social nonsense revolving around the gay lifestyle, transgender-ism, Russia phobia, hate Trump and so on. Never mind learning to obtain skills to earn a living. Become a sheep and pester the rest of us to provide non-gender specific wash rooms.

If you want your child to soar ahead of the pack, keep them home and teach them yourself.

A high school student in Hilliard, Ohio, didn’t want to pick sides in the contentious gun debate surrounding Wednesday’s “National Walkout,” so he stayed in class instead of joining the largely anti-gun protest or an alternative “study hall.”

Hilliard Davidson High School senior Jacob Shoemaker was then reportedly slapped with a suspension.

The student argued that divisive politics have no place in America’s schools and he refused to take sides in the debate, according to the Associated Press.

10TV/Jacob Shoemaker

Shoemaker's suspension citation was posted online, possibly by a friend, and the story quickly went viral.

“Student refused to follow instructions after being warned repeatedly by several administrators,” the letter said. “Student not permitted on school property.”

School district spokesperson Stacie Raterman said official policy prohibited school officials from leaving Shoemaker unattended in the building for “security reasons,” 10TV reported.

While Shoemaker said he didn't expect for his actions to generate so much attention, he is prepared to accept the consequences of his decision.

POSTED MARCH 15, 2018

OPPOSITION TO Pompeo, Haspel SHOULD BE A VOTE OF CONSCIENCE. IT IS NOT.

I commented on the nomination of these 2 before. One is the head of the CIA moving into Secretary of State. The other was a torture master who has a warrant out for her arrest. In the subject article Rand Paul of Kentucky has announced his opposition to these nominees. I believe he is motivated by conscience. Oh, that we had more representatives who are motivated by conscience!

As the votes begin to line up on these nominations we see the same old stuff. Republicans vote as their party dictates, the Democrats vote in opposition to the Republicans. This is repeated on almost all legislation. Did you vote for your Congressman thinking that his or her vote would be dictated by the party? I'm guessing no. They are supposed to represent the wishes of those in their district. This is just another example of how we in America have no say in how we are governed.

So back to my first point ---- These upcoming votes should be votes of conscience. They are not and there is a good reason. Our government masters have no conscience.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday he would oppose President Trump's nominations of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be secretary of State and CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel to lead the spy agency.

Paul said that he will oppose the nominations and "do everything I can to block" them.

"My announcement today is that I will oppose both Pompeo's nomination and Haspel's nomination," Paul said.

Paul is the first Republican to come out against the two nominations, which were announced by Trump on Tuesday. Last year, he was the only Republican to vote against Pompeo for CIA director.

The senator pointed to his previous statement that Pompeo doesn't believe "enhanced interrogation techniques" to be torture, as well as his support for the Iraq War, in explaining his opposition.

"I'm perplexed by the nomination of people who love the Iraq War so much that they would advocate for a war with Iran next. I think it goes against most of the things President Trump campaigned on," he said.

Paul said he is opposing Haspel due to her involvement in the enhanced interrogation program during the George W. Bush administration. He said she showed "joyful glee at someone who is being tortured."

"I find it just amazing that anyone would consider having this woman at the head of the CIA," Paul said.

Paul's opposition to Pompeo complicates, but doesn't sink, his path to leading the State Department.

Republicans have an 11-10 advantage on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, making Paul a key vote.

If Paul votes no during the panel's deliberations and every Democrat opposes him, committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) will be forced to decide if he'll move Pompeo's nomination to the floor anyway.

Corker said last year that ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would also get a vote before the full Senate even if his panel split. At the time, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was viewed as a potential swing vote.

Corker signaled on Wednesday that Pompeo would get a full Senate vote even if Paul opposed him and split the committee.

"We have multiple ways of reporting people. We've had this type of thing come up in the past," he said.

He added that reporters "should let us play it out" and "I know of one member thus far that's going to vote no."

Paul's defection could also force Republicans to rely on Vice President Pence, or Democrats, to get Pompeo through the full Senate.

Assuming every Republican senator but Paul supports Pompeo, as they did for his current CIA post, and every Democrat opposes, the Senate would split 50-50.

The absence of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who is undergoing treatment for brain cancer and hasn't voted in months, could further complicate Pompeo's nomination.

If McCain doesn't return and Paul votes no, that would leave Republicans short, at a 49-50 vote, forcing them to win over a Democrat.

Pompeo could win over Democratic votes, though he'll likely face a tighter vote than he did last year when he was confirmed to lead the CIA.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that he was not actively urging his caucus to oppose Pompeo or Haspel but said the two picks will face "unanswered" and "outstanding" questions.

Fourteen Democrats, including Schumer, and Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine), supported Pompeo to lead the CIA.

But several have indicated they are reconsidering their votes, or remaining on the fence, until Pompeo's hearing before the Foreign Relations Committee next month.

"I'm not taking a position until we hear from him, but there are lots of outstanding questions," Schumer told reporters.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), who also supported Pompeo for his CIA post, said, "There are a number of us who voted for him last time who are actively reconsidering."

And King said he would reserve his decision on the Secretary of State position until Pompeo had a hearing.

Paul isn't on the Intelligence Committee, which will handle Haspel's hearing.

But it appears increasingly likely Republicans will need help from Democrats to get her confirmed.

In addition to Paul's questions, McCain said Haspel "needs to explain the nature and extent of her involvement in the CIA’s interrogation program during the confirmation process."

"Any nominee for Director of the CIA must pledge without reservation to uphold this prohibition, which has helped us to regain our position of leadership in the struggle for universal human rights—the struggle upon which this country was founded, and which remains its highest aspiration," McCain said in a statement.

No Democrats have formally said they will oppose Haspel, but several have raised concerns about her involvement in the interrogation program.

If Paul votes no, and McCain is absent, leadership will need to win over every other GOP senator and at least one Democrat in order for Pence to cast a tiebreaking vote.

Paul signaled that he wasn't sure if other GOP senators would oppose Haspel adding "it depends on the solidarity of the Democrats."

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she is undecided but spoke relatively positively about Haspel on Tuesday.

The California senator told reporters that they have "spent some time" together, including having dinner.

"Everything I know is she has been a good deputy director. ... I think hopefully the entire organization learned something from the so-called enhanced interrogation program," she said.

POSTED MARCH 14, 2018

THE INSANE MARCH TO NUCLEAR WAR

Today the government masters in Britain join the anti-Russian hysteria. A double agent residing in England was poisoned a couple of weeks ago. Right on cue British officials have blamed Russia. This is on top of Russian meddling in the U.S. election, Russian meddling in the Brexit referendum and Russian hacking of Democrat National Committee computers. Oh, let's not forget Assad gassing his own people. None of these charges have any evidence proving them. Never mind that. We need to go to war and you are going to pay for it and send your sons and daughters to fight it.

I think I speak for a majority of those in England and The United States. Dear government masters: WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU! We don't believe anything you say and we're certainly not going to let you plunge us and the rest of the world into a war that may end all life on this planet. If you are hell bent on starting a war with Russia, China and unnamed others, I suggest you fight it yourselves.

“In a nuclear war the “collateral damage” would be the life of all humanity.” — Fidel Castro

The Russians, in their anxiety to show the West how friendly they are, left Washington with a toe hold in Syria, which Washington is using to reopen the war. The Russians’ failure to finish the job has left Washington’s foreign mercenaries, misrepresented in the American presstitute media as “freedom fighters,” in a Syrian enclave. To get the war going again, Washington has to find a way to come to the aid of its mercenaries.

The Trump regime has found, or so it thinks, its excuse in the revival of the Obama regime’s fake charge of Syrian use of chemical weapons. This made-up lie by the Obama regime was put to rest by Russian intervention that made sure there were no Syrian chemical weapons. Indeed, if memory serves, Russia delivered the chemical weapons to the US for destruction. Little doubt Washington still has them and will use some of them with their Syrian markings for what appears to be a coming false flag attack that can be blamed on Assad. In other words, Washington will create a “situation,” blame Assad and Putin, and with or without congressional authorization introduce US intervention in behalf of Washington’s mercenaries.

If we can believe James Mattis, the retired US Marine General who is US Secretary of Defense, Syria, a country without chemical weapons and in need of none in its mopping up operations against Washington’s mercenaries, is using chlorine gas “against its own people,” exactly the same phrase as the Obama regime used when Obama tried to orchestrate an excuse to attack Syria. Mattis said that he is receiving reports of chlorine gas use by Assad while simultaneously saying he has no evidence of gas use, much less by the Syrian Army.

The US Secretary of Defense actually accused Syria of “targeting hospitals” with chlorine gas even though he admits there is no evidence. Mattis went on to accuse Russia of complicity in killing civilians, an endeavor in which the US excels.

Stephen Lendman reports that CIA Director Pompeo “suggested a US attack on Syrian forces may be forthcoming, saying Trump won’t tolerate CW [chemical weapons] attacks, adding he hasn’t made a decision on the latest reports about chlorine gas use.”

US Secretary of State Tillerson joined the orchestrated allegation even though he admitted there was no evidence.

Of course, there has not been any chlorine gas use unless by the Washington-supplied mercenaries. But facts are not important to Washington. What is important to Washington is Israel’s demand that Washington destroy Syria and Iran in order to get rid of Hezbollah’s supporters so that Israel can seize southern Lebanon.

No doubt that other interests are in on the plot. Oil companies that want to control the location of oil and gas pipelines, the crazed neocons married to their ideology of American World Hegemony, the military/security complex that needs enemies and conflicts to justify its massive budget. But it is Israel’s determination to expand its boundaries and water resources that set all of the Middle East conflict in motion.

Does Russia understand this, or is the Russian government preoccupied with eventually winning acceptance by the West as a part of the West? If the latter, the world is heading for nuclear war.The Russian government does not seem to understand that its pusillanimous response encourages Washington’s aggression and, thereby, is driving the world to the final war.

Every time Russia fails to finish the job, as in Syria and Ukraine, Russia does not win Washington’s friendship, but extends to Washington yet another run at prevailing in the conflict that Washington initiated. Washington will not slack off until Washington is halted in its track, something that Russia does not seem willing to do. Consequently, Washington continues to drive the world to nuclear war.

When will the Russians notice that literally everyone in the Trump regime is issuing threats to Russia— Mattis, Tillerson, Nikki Haley, government spokespersons, the UK PM and UK Foreign Secretary. Yet the Russians still speak about their “partners” and how much they want to get along with the West.

There is no prospect whatsoever of the British going to war against Russia. The entirety of the UK would be instantly wiped out, yet the UK PM issues ultimatums to Russia.

Here is what Finian Cunningham has to say about the British prime minister threatening Russia.

The entire Western world is insane. As Michel Chossudovsky says, the Western politicians and presstitutes who serve them are driving the world to extinction.

Note: It appears that the military/security complex is closing its grip on the Trump regime. Secretary of State Tillerson has been fired and is being replaced by CIA Director Pompeo. Gina Haspel, the new CIA Director, is the person who oversaw the CIA’s secret torture prisons in Thailand.

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POSTED MARCH 13, 2018

TILLERSON OUT, CIA HEAD AND TORTURE MASTER IN

If this were a dream, it would be a nightmare. I certainly didn't like Tillerson very much. He was one, in a long line of, incompetent bureaucrats with enormous power. I am glad he's gone. So, one down, 10,000 to go, but it gets worse. In replacing Tillerson, Trump has nominated pro Israel, CIA head, Mike Pompeo. Just what we need, the head of an international criminal organization taking one of the most important positions in the world.

But there's more ---- Replacing Pompeo at the CIA comes Gina Haspel. The subject article answers the question “Who is Gina Haspel”? Before you read the article let me ask the following question: What would happen to you if you oversaw the kidnapping and torture of innocent people and then destroyed evidence of those events? In the case of Gina Haspel, she has been given one of the most important, powerful and well paying jobs in the world overseeing thousands of employees.

As CIA director Mike Pompeo moves to become the United States’ secretary of state, deputy director Gina Haspel has been nominated to lead the agency. If confirmed by the Senate, she will become the first woman to run the CIA.

Haspel’s nomination will be controversial; she played a leading role(paywall) in running a US torture site abroad and later destroyed the evidence of it.

In 2002, she oversaw a secret prison in Thailand that tortured two terrorism suspects. That torture took place within the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program, in which suspected terrorists are sent to US allies, and interrogated in “black sites” on their soil.

One of the men, known as Abu Zubayda, was waterboarded 83 times in one month and was slammed into walls by the head. He was deprived of sleep and kept in a coffin-like box. Interrogators later decided he didn’t have any useful information.

ProPublica found that Haspel personally signed cables to CIA headquarters that detailed Zubayda’s interrogation.

CIA videos of the torture were destroyed in 2005, on the orders of a cable drafted by Haspel. Her then-boss Jose Rodriguez, the CIA’s director of operations for counterterrorism, signed off on the order. “The cable left nothing to chance. It even told them how to get rid of the tapes,” he wrote in his memoir, according to ProPublica. “They were to use an industrial-strength shredder to do the deed.”

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, a Berlin-based NGO, has been pushing Germany’s public prosecutor to arrest Haspel for her role in the torture program.

She is not the only member of the administration with a questionable record on the matter: Trump himself has publicly flirted with the idea of the US returning to the use of torture, claiming that waterboarding “works.” He was reportedly persuaded by defense secretary Jim Mattis that the method is an ineffective intelligence tool.

New secretary of state Mike Pompeo has also defended US torture. In 2014, when senator Dianne Feinstein, then chair of Senate Intelligence Committee, released a comprehensive condemnation of the CIA’s torture program, Pompeo attacked the report, saying, “Senator Feinstein today has put American lives at risk,” and described agents who had tortured people as “heroes, not pawns in some liberal game.”

POSTED MARCH 12, 2018

FITTON: More than enough evidence to warrant arrest and prosecution of Hillary Clinton. ICYMI: At least 18 classified emails were found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop –this was covered up by FBI/DOJ/State for over a year.

The title of the subject article is self explanatory. As a rule, I don't post most of the articles relating to the “investigations”, “hearings”, predictions of indictments and so on relating to Hillary and her gang. As I have said in the past, these go no where. They never go anywhere. It's all theater. Crooked Hillary and the rest would have been arrested many years ago if there were serious investigators and representatives with integrity. There are very few, if any, representatives with integrity.

So here we have Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch. Here is a man of integrity. He isn't a party hack and has no stake in the political sideshow. That is why those in power continually stonewall his efforts or try to ignore him altogether. The headline makes the claim that there was, and is, more than enough evidence to arrest Hillary. Yes, Tom, we know that. We also know why this hasn't happened and won't happen. It's because we are ruled by crooks.

No, this isn't a misprint. Over the past several months we have heard a lot of threats from President Trump towards North Korea. He has even threatened to “totally destroy” the nation.

I have to admit that I have a difficult time trying to figure out where Trump is going. Maybe that is what he wants. Some dismiss his rhetoric as some sort of mental instability. His track record in business suggests that is not true. In his book, “The Art of the Deal” he makes the point that the opening demand in a negotiation is often unreasonable.

So back to North Korea. We all know that a war against North Korea will be incredibly bloody. Yes, we can destroy the nation, but the cost would be too high. Our military knows this, Trump knows this and South Korea knows this. Seoul is within range of the thousands of artillery batteries in the North. It is a city of over 20 million people. A war with the North would devastate the South economically and maybe cost 10's of thousands of lives. There is no way in hell they want that and Trump knows that. Threaten the North and watch the South squirm. Now we have the North and South talking. Maybe they have thought about reunification. Now Trump says he will meet with Kim Jong-un. If the North and the South reunify, there goes the problem and 20,000 American troops come home and with them billions of dollars of expense.

It's all speculation at this point, but it's the only solution that makes sense.

President Trump has announced that an offer conveyed to the United States from North Korea by way of South Korea’s visiting delegation, initially speculated to be a proposal for direct talks, is “almost beyond that,” and stands to be one of the most significant diplomatic proposals in decades. The offer was announced publicly by South Korea’s National Security Adviser Chung Eui-Yong.

North Korea is inviting President Trump to directly meet with Kim Jong-un, with the two talking about North Korea disarming its nuclear program. North Korea added that they would pause nuclear and missile development during the talks.

South Korea’s delegation of high-ranking officials visiting Pyongyang earlier this week was an historic move. A meeting between Trump and Kim would be far, far more important, which could reasonably be called the biggest diplomatic measure on North Korea since the Korean War.

President Trump was calling this Thursday revelation a “major announcement.” According to Chung Eui-Yong, President Trump says his intention is to meet Kim “by May,” which would be quite a rapid turnaround for such a high-profile meeting.

POSTED MARCH 8, 2018

HOW DARE YOU TRY TO SAVE CHILDREN'S LIVES

You may think this subject article was made up. Think again. You can't make this stuff up. Getting back to the Parkland shooting ------ Not only did 4 Broward County officers hide behind their cars while children were being slaughtered in their school, not only did the hierarchy of the Broward County Sheriffs department order a “stand down” while the shooting was taking place, but, 2 Miramar Police Department swat team officers have been suspended for going into the school to try to stop the shooter from killing any more children.

There was a time when these 2 officers would be considered heroes. I think most of us would hope that time is now. Not in South Florida. Maybe not in a not in a lot of places. So let's sum up what some of our government masters want: They want us to turn in all of our weapons. They want us to call the police when we are threatened by a life threatening attack. They want their police to wait for orders when a mass shooting is taking place. They will punish anyone who tries to stop a shooting in place.

No thank you government masters. I reserve the right to defend myself and my family. I also have no need of your police if all they're good for is traffic patrol. Better yet, if police are forbidden from protecting the public in an active shooting, I don't need them. It would be better to save the cost of the salary, car, weapons, uniforms and benefits and put that money into education or something that benefits us.

The Miramar police have suspended two members from the SWAT team who responded to the school shooting without orders.

Miramar, FL – The Miramar Police Department has suspended two officers from their SWAT team for responding to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting without having orders to do so.

When the first reports of an active shooter came out, the Miramar officers were in training in Coral Springs, nearby the Parkland high school, and they rushed to assist in stopping the carnage that left 17 students and faculty fatally shot, and another 16 wounded, on Valentine’s Day, the Miami Herald reported.

The police response to the mass shooting at the school – specifically that of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office – has been highly criticized for the incident commander’s failure to use updated active-shooter response methods.

Broward County Sheriff’s Captain Jan Jordan has been criticized for ordering officers to set up a perimeter rather than sending them in to stop the shooter, whose whereabouts were still unknown.

Several police officers and medics have reported that they believed more lives were lost because the incident commander wouldn’t let them respond earlier.

Some critics have called the officers who stayed outside and waited for permission to enter “cowards,” but now Miramar police are punishing two members of their own elite unit who did rush toward danger to try to save students' lives.

Miramar Police Detectives Jeffrey Gilbert and Carl Schlosser were suspended from the Miramar SWAT team eight days after the shooting in Parkland, according to the Miami Herald.

Both remain on active duty with the department, but working in different capacities, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

“Effective immediately you have been suspended from the SWAT Team until further notice,” Miramar SWAT team commander Captain Kevin Nosowicz wrote in a Feb. 22 memo. “Please make arrangements with the training department to turn in your SWAT-issued rifle.”

The memo said Det. Gilbert and Det. Schlosser acted “without the knowledge or authorization from your chain of command” and created an “officer safety situation due to dispatch not knowing your location or activity” by heading to the massacre-in-progress independently.

A Miramar PD spokesperson told Blue Lives Matter, "Miramar PD had numerous officers and a victim advocate respond, without incident. The two SWAT officers temporarily suspended from the SWAT team, but not active duty, were not suspended for responding, but for NOT advising that they responded. They did not advise prior to self-dispatching, during the incident, nor immediately following. This is an officer safety issue, a violation of policy and goes against incident command training and the best practices learned from other mass casualty / shooting incidents."

The Broward County police union disagreed strongly with discipline being levied against the detectives.

“While it may have been a violation of policy to not notify their supervisors that they were going there, their intentions were brave and heroic, I think,” Broward County Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President Jeff Marano told the Sun-Sentinel on Wednesday.

But Broward County law enforcement officials have said that it’s more important to have an organized response to an emergency situation, after more than 2,000 officers responded to the scene of an active shooter at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Jan. 6, 2017.

The after-action report of the incident, which left five people dead and six others wounded, recommended a unified command structure with better communication in the future, to combat confusion caused by a massive influx of law enforcement officers to the scene, according to the Miami Herald.

Miramar Police Public Information Officer Tania Rues told the Miami Herald in an email that her department had dispatched several uniformed officers and a victim advocate to “assist” Broward County sheriff’s deputies at the high school.

However, Rues said the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) had said it did not need assistance from Miramar’s SWAT team.

“Miramar Police command staff placed our SWAT team on stand-by pending a request for additional assistance from BSO,” Rues wrote in the email. “[BSO] did not make a request for Miramar’s SWAT team based on their need at the time.”

Miramar Police Officer Kevin Gonzalez also was suspended from the SWAT team after having been accused of being linked to several social media posts that put the city and police in a negative light, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

Officer Gonzalez was suspended for violating the department’s social media policy and the code of conduct, Rues said.

A source told the Miami Herald that the posts questioned why Miramar’s SWAT team was not sent to confront shooter Nikolas Cruz, and said that the posts may have been made by Gonzalez’s girlfriend.

POSTED MARCH 7, 2018

NAACP WANTS TO MAKE BLACKS A TARGET ONCE AGAIN

The 2 subject articles cover the latest, in the ludicrous program of disarmament of the American people. The first subject article covers the NAACP proposing the disarmament of all Americans. Apparently, those proposing this are totally ignorant of history affecting blacks.

After the civil war came an “open season” on blacks. For the most part blacks were either unable or forbidden to carry weapons. In 1871 the National Rifle Association was founded. There were several reasons for this, but one of the results was to champion the second amendment and with it, the right of all people, of all races to own weapons. In the case of the recently liberated blacks, the ability to defend themselves had become an absolute necessity. In fact, the founding of the Black Panthers in the 1960's demanded the right to carry weapons for self defense. The 2nd subject artilce covers other points.

So here comes the NAACP. This is supposed to be an organization to promote the rights and opportunities for blacks. Never mind that. Time to disarm. That way blacks in Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore can become target practice for anyone, black or white. For over 300 years blacks were forbidden to possess weapons, under penalty of death. There were reasons for that.

NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson called for a national gun confiscation program in a syndicated column through Black Press USA on Monday.

Comparing recent school shootings to the violence and discrimination black students faced after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, Johnson wrote that “fear and terror still exist in our children’s classrooms” because of the “National Rifle Association and the politicians [sic] that support them.”

“Given the disproportionate damage gun violence is having on our communities, the NAACP has advocated for sane, sensible laws, to help eliminate or at least to decrease the damage and death caused by gun violence. Requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers, banning military-style, semi-automatic assault guns, enacting tough, new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers, and allowing the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue are just a few of the reasonable steps lawmakers could take to stem the tide of gun-related deaths in neighborhoods across the nation,” Johnson wrote.

The leader of America’s oldest civil rights organization noted that gun violence is the leading killer of young black Americans, but declined to note that a significant portion of these deaths is caused by illegal weapons.

“Over 80 percent of gun deaths of African Americans are homicides. Roughly speaking, 1 out of every 3 African American males who die between the ages of 15 and 19 is killed by gun violence. African American children and teens were less than 15 percent of the total child population in 2008 and 2009 but accounted for 45 percent of all child- and teen-related gun deaths. These numbers are tragic and intolerable, but most of all they are preventable,” Johnson wrote.

The column went on to celebrate Australia’s gun confiscation policy that largely banned all semi-automatic weapons, which was strictly enforced with strong sentencing.

“Australia’s success story is an example for us all. America will remain a deadly nation for our children, its schools caught in the crossfire, unless we insist politicians and the NRA curb their lobbyist efforts and allow the creation of policy that acts in the best interests of public safety.”

On September 28, 1868, a mob of Democrats massacred nearly 300 African-American Republicans in Opelousas, Louisiana. The savagery began when racist Democrats attacked a newspaper editor, a white Republican and schoolteacher for ex-slaves. Several African-Americans rushed to the assistance of their friend, and in response, Democrats went on a “Negro hunt,” killing every African-American (all of whom were Republicans) in the area they could find. (Via Grand Old Partisan)

Which brings us to today…Asshat Jason Whitlock, the Kansas City columnist whose article on Jovan Belcher‘s murder-suicide inspired an anti-gun rant by NBC’s Bob Costas, now says that the pro-Second Amendment National Rifle Association is “the new KKK,” Newsbusters’ Tim Graham reported Monday.

Obviously, Whitlock is as ignorant as he is offensive.

The NRA actually helped blacks defend themselves from violent KKK Democrats in the south, not the other way around.

Ann Coulter wrote about the history of blacks and the NRA back in April.

This will give you an idea of how gun control laws worked. Following the firebombing of his house in 1956, Dr. Martin Luther King, who was, among other things, a Christian minister, applied for a gun permit, but the Alabama authorities found him unsuitable. A decade later, he won a Nobel Peace Prize.

How’s that “may issue” gun permit policy working for you?

The NRA opposed these discretionary gun permit laws and proceeded to grant NRA charters to blacks who sought to defend themselves from Klan violence — including the great civil rights hero Robert F. Williams.

A World War II Marine veteran, Williams returned home to Monroe, N.C., to find the Klan riding high — beating, lynching and murdering blacks at will. No one would join the NAACP for fear of Klan reprisals. Williams became president of the local chapter and increased membership from six to more than 200.

But it was not until he got a charter from the NRA in 1957 and founded the Black Armed Guard that the Klan got their comeuppance in Monroe.

Williams’ repeated thwarting of violent Klan attacks is described in his stirring book, “Negroes With Guns.” In one crucial battle, the Klan sieged the home of a black physician and his wife, but Williams and his Black Armed Guard stood sentry and repelled the larger, cowardly force. And that was the end of it.

As the Klan found out, it’s not so much fun when the rabbit’s got the gun.

The NRA’s proud history of fighting the Klan has been airbrushed out of the record by those who were complicit with the KKK, Jim Crow and racial terror, to wit: the Democrats.

Sadly, asshat Whitlock will get away with his outrageous lies.The early KKK Democrats would be proud.

POSTED MARCH 6, 2018

DESPARATE YOUTUBE BANS JIM FETZER

It's happening all over. Facebook, Google and Youtube are banning thousands of videos and articles mentioning any one of a number of “forbidden” topics. This modern day “book burning” should send shivers down the back of anyone who treasures freedom.

I have posted a link to this interview with Fetzer. I wouldn't be surprised if this gets taken down. After all, we can't have people finding out that we're lying. I will keep track and make a copy just in case it becomes unavailable.

Isn't it interesting that those educated idiots on the left use the term “Fascist” without knowing what it means. It's also interesting that they think Fascism is a term associated with subjugation of the populace, then denies freedom of speech to those with whom they disagree.

Bruce New World Order News

POSTED MARCH 5, 2018

AMERICA REJECTS HOLLYWOOD WACKOS

It used to be that Americans looked forward to the Oscars. Gone are the days of Hollywood glamour and the celebration of achievement of cinema. It's a new generation in Hollywood and they have totally lost touch with their public. Now it's a celebration of leftist propaganda and the gay and transgender agenda. Those who suffer through the long, tedious, multi-hour program are subjected to the non-stop talking points most are sick of hearing.

So we have multi-millionaires who masquerade as compassionate liberals. They are against gun control, but employ body guards with guns. They promote open borders for anyone who desires to come here, but do not open their mansions to those same people. They love higher taxes for us, but employ high priced accountants to avoid parting with any of their millions.

The subject article gives the verdict. Ratings for this tired fiasco were at a record low. Maybe this will translate into financial losses for the Hollywood elite. What will they do if they actually have to work a regular job for their living?

ABC’s broadcast of the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday night drew a 18.9 rating in metered market results, down 15 percent versus last year’s ceremony to mark a fourth straight year of decline.

Oscars 2018: Best/Worst Moments

That 18.9 overnight rating, which covers the primetime hours (and thus not the final stretch of big awards), represents an all-time low, placing beneath the 21.9 that the 2008 ceremony pulled.

Update: In fast nationals sure to adjust up due to the live nature of programming, the Oscars drew 24.4 million total viewers and a 6.4 demo rating, down 16 and 26 percent from last year’s prelim numbers. The 2017 telecast eventually went on to report in finals 32.9 million total viewers — a nine-year-low — and a 9.1 demo rating.

Final update: Per finals, the Oscars delivered 24.4 million total viewers, down 26 percent year-over-year to mark all-time lows.

The Shape of Water was this year’s big winner, amassing four total wins (including for Best Picture and director Guillermo del Toro), followed by the World War II drama Dunkirk, which grabbed gold three times. (See complete winners list.)

Jimmy Kimmel (whose opening monologue earned an average TVLine reader grade of “B”) for a second straight year lorded over the proceedings, which included a star-studded trip across the street to crash a movie screening, an appearance by three of disgraced film titan Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand inviting you to Google “inclusion rider” and a powerfully pointed rap by Common.

POSTED MARCH 2, 2018

71% Of Military Age Americans Too Sick To Join, Study Says

This is the title of today's subject article. While our government masters are starting wars all over the world and planning world war 3, a few, very minor details have emerged. It appears that our young people are too sick to join the military. Unlike the generation of the Vietnam war and previous wars, our youth may not be able to take the training necessary, let alone the riggers of combat. Don't get me wrong, I don't believe this is entirely their fault. We only have to look at the massive vaccination program and the deluge of prescription drugs to understand why the health of our young people is declining.

We also have to look at the condition of our new, space age, weapons. The F35 has already cost the American taxpayer hundreds of billions of dollars. As if that weren't bad enough, the plane barely functions. There are so many problems that they are too numerous to list here. Ships, tanks and other weapons are constantly breaking down and that's before they even go into combat against a comparable opponent.

I have called those in power, “insaniacs”. There is no upside to the push for world war 3 --- not militarily, not economically. It seems that all 2018 America knows how to do is destroy. Ironically, the end of this might be our own destruction.

The United States is now facing a security crisis the likes of which it has never faced before. Although we are awaiting the attempts to blame it on them, it’s hard to see how the State Department or the corporate media can pin this on on the Russians.

According to a new study by the Heritage Foundation, nearly 71% of young U.S. citizens are ineligible to serve in the military. To be more specific, out of 34 million people, between the ages of 17 and 24, more than 24 million are unable to join the military. Sixty percent of those ineligible to join are ineligible due to health problems or physical fitness. Around one-third are too obese.

Indeed, 27% of young Americans are “too overweight for military service.”

“The obesity issue is the most troubling because the trend is going in the wrong direction…by 2020 it could be as high as 50%,” said Major General Allen Batschelet, former Commander of U.S. Army Recruiting Command “back in 2015, “which means only two in ten would qualify to join the Army.”

Other common health concerns are hearing and eyesight problems, asthma and mental illness.

The study also shows that a quarter of those unfit for military service, are due to intelligence factors and are unable to complete their high school education and lack a “basic understanding of written and cognitive skills…to complete an organized program.”

The research points out that these individuals are considered unfit despite the fact that the military routinely accepts people who do not complete their high school education and “rarely pass the armed forces qualification test.”

Another 10% were ineligible due to a criminal record.

The national security issue comes to play when one realizes that this stunning commentary on the intellectual, mental and physical health of the United States will lead to a very serious shortage of recruits for the military, meaning that the U.S. military will suffer from a lack of manpower.

All ready, the U.S. Army is having a hard time meeting its 2018 goal of enlisting 80,000 volunteers.

Army Major General Malcolm Frost, Commander of the Army’s Initial Military Training Command, publicly stated in 2017, that “I would argue that the next existential threat that we have… is the inability to man our military.”

One highly important point to mention, is that the southern states, who have traditionally supplied the military with the largest amount of recruits, are experiencing even more concerning health issues than their Northern and Western counterparts.

South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas are “significantly less fit, and consequently are more likely to encounter training related injuries and recruits from other U.S. states,” according to recent research conducted by the Citadel, the U.S. Army Public Health Center and the American Heart Association.

The southern states mentioned above make up more than 37% of new recruits.

Thus, Americans’ poor health, dropping IQ and mental instability have reached such a proportion that it is now a national security issue.

While there are many other factors at play in regards to national security and the ability to man the military, such as an expansive military presence across the world and a constant state of warfare – America must begin to make drastic changes in its food supply, healthcare and culture unless it wants to do to itself what no outside power is capable of doing.

[brandon] Brandon Turbeville – article archive here – is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius — The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies,Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria,and The Difference it Makes: 36 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Should Never Be President. Turbeville has published over 1,000 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbeville’s podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com.

POSTED MARCH 1, 2018

DEAR ROBBERS: COME ROB ME

I have posted 2 articles. One is an article covering, what is described as, “A new trend is sweeping the nation”. This new trend is putting a red light in your front or rear porch fixture to proclaim your house as gun free. You just can't make this stuff up. I really hope the author is incorrect in saying this trend is sweeping the nation. Are there that many people that stupid? I hope not.

My second article is an answer to the first. In Seattle, there has been a rash of armed robbers breaking into homes, terrorizing the occupants and stealing contents from the homes. No, the police have made no arrests. So, for all those violent criminals in Seattle and elsewhere, the leftist fruitcakes have made it easy for you. Just look for the red light and come on in. I might point out that here, in east Tennessee there has been no such rash of home invasions. Yes, there are some and yes, there are some criminals who wind up shot by the would be victim. Now, that's gun control!

A new trend is sweeping the nation. It’s called “red lighting”. Activists are changing their normal white porch light bulbs with special red bulbs letting the world know This is a gun free home.

According to Jane Seymore, director of operations for the Department of Protecting Everyone (DOPE), we will soon see millions of homes adorned with red bulbs.

IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR A SAFER ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. A GUN FREE SAFE HOME IS EVERYTHING AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE. – SEYMORE

So far many of America’s largest retailers have been selling out of the red bulbs more quickly than they can stock them. “We can’t get them in fast enough. They are flying off the shelves.” Claims Bill Barskey president of marketing research for Walmart, “As soon as we get them in there is a line of well-intentioned people buying them up.”

Not everyone is excited about this idea. Our reporters spoke with Americans on the street to get their opinions and they were mixed.

THIS IS THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD OF. RED LIGHTS ARE FOR THE BEDROOM AND THANKS TO YOU I CAN’T FIND ANY NOW. – CARLOS

MY HOME HAS RED LIGHTS ON BOTH THE FRONT PORCH AND THE BACK. WE HAVE STRINGS OF RED LIGHTS IN THE TREES TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WE ARE A GUN FREE HOME. -HILLARY

THIS IS CRAZY HOW DUMB CAN YOU……. WAIT, UH THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA. I’M GLAD THAT GUN-FREE HOMES WILL HAVE RED LIGHTS. GOOD FOR YOU. I LOVE THIS, -TYRONE

As we all are immersed in the sea of red protective lights be sure to remember that the red light means a gun free zone so all of you would-be attackers and thieves please leave your guns at the door.

No need for self-defense mechanisms such as firearms, folks! Nothing to see here, move along. The police will keep you safe!

By Jason Rantz at MyNorthwest.com: A violent series of armed robberies have hit the Seattle’s Beacon Hill where three, armed men kicked in doors and held residents hostage while they ransacked the victims’ homes. There have been no arrests.

The first home invasion occurred in the early morning of February 16 where three masked suspects armed with guns broke into a home on Alamo Place South, where three roommates reside. The suspects, male Hispanics in their 20s, kicked in doors to the rooms of three roommates, held guns to their heads, and demanded money and drugs. According to the police report, the trio originally broke into the residence via an unsecured window on the south side of the home.

The second home invasion occurred the very next night — this time on 22nd Ave South, not far from the first robbery. According to the police report, three masked men, armed with pistols and a shotgun, broke into the home. One man was home alone at the time. Again, the suspects held a gun to his head and rummaged through the home. The victim was restrained with a plastic zip-tie, which held the victim’s feet together.

The suspects each took turns guarding the man while the other two ransacked the home. According to the report, “As each suspect guarded him they placed the firearms to his head and lower back.”

In this case, one of the suspects shot the victim with a taser, one probe hitting the man in the jaw, and the other his shoulder. The report says:

“The suspects continued to demand money and valuables, spraying him in the eyes with an unknown chemical before departing his room. As the suspects were leaving [his] room [the victim] heard a gun shot, just outside of his room.”

The suspects laughed at the victim as they sprayed his face with what may have been lighter fluid. Police, using a K9 unit, were unable to track the suspects. A semi-automatic pistol and magazines, plus a 20-gauge shotgun, were stolen in this robbery.

Though the Seattle Police Department does not believe the public is at risk, it’s possible that more cases will be tied to these three suspects. And while police haven’t yet officially tied these two cases to each other, it’s hard not to note the similarities.

“Detectives are still working to see if the two cases are, in fact, the same suspects,” said Detective Patrick Michaud. “We hope to have more on that as soon as tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.”

It didn’t take long after I posted this for people to reach out, including one Seattle police officer who expressed frustrating over these robberies. “At least once week we have home-invasion robberies,” the officer explained. “We’re routinely catching people and then having to release them … when they’re juveniles.”

The officer described a system of catch and release due, in large part, to “restorative justice.”

“I hate to point the finger at other people in the process … but we will do the job and the prosecutor’s office is taking a line that ‘We won’t hold these kids,’ according to the source, who says judges will release juveniles up until their third offense, wiping the slate clean.”

And that exact same thing, releasing minors who commit violent offenses, is not occurring in just Washington state.

In Oklahoma I have a 19-year-old thug living on my street who committed multiple firearm offenses as a prohibited possessor and minor. He even broke into my neighbor’s home and my neighbor shot at him (but missed the target). Mommy bailed the thug out each time and he never did any hard time for his gun crimes. And gun control laws didn’t stop him from obtaining another firearm.

Tell me, #GunControlNow crowd, why you would want me to be defenseless should this thug try and break into my home?

DCG

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POSTED FEBRUARY 28, 2018

TRUMP ATTACKS SESSIONS --- BUT HE'S STILL THERE

They're all still there. All of the high ranking bankers are still there even though many have plead guilty to laundering drug money. Many were intimately involved in fraud leading to the collapse of the banking system in 2008. Hillary Clinton is still there even though her many, many crimes have been documented. Huma Abadin is still there even though she was involved in putting top secret information on her computer. Loretta Lynch is still there, even though she had an illegal meeting with Bill Clinton prior to her exonerating Hillary.

Yes they're all still there and the investigations and rumors of investigations go on and on and on and on. So, Donald Trump has criticized the latest “do nothing” Attorney General. So what! If you are so dissatisfied with him, why is he still there? Why are any of them still walking around?

The latest survey shows maybe 15% of Americans approve of Congress. I think that's too high. I don't know anybody who approves of Congress, yet they're still there. We have elections and right after, there is evidence of massive vote fraud and nothing happens.

Sadly, the American dream is coming to an end. We are on the verge of world war 3 and a financial collapse. It is painfully obvious that not only will our government masters do nothing about it, but many of their actions encourage it.

President Donald Trump again attacked beleaguered Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, this time for not ordering the Justice Department to investigate the agency’s use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in its Russia probe.

Sessions instead has asked the department’s inspector general to investigate the matter, Trump said. The Office of the Inspector General said it’s aware of a referral from the Justice Department and declined further comment.“Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse?” the U.S. president wrote in a tweet that was also critical of the IG,Michael Horowitz. “Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL!”

Horowitz is investigating the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of an investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email arrangements.

Trump fired FBI director James Comey last year in part, he said, because of that investigation.

‘Fair, Fact Centric’

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Trey Gowdy, who regularly clashed with the Obama administration and Clinton, defended Horowitz as an impartial investigator.

“I have had a number of interactions with Inspector General Horowitz, including as recently as earlier this month,” Gowdy said in a statement. “He has been fair, fact centric, and appropriately confidential with his work.”

“He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate without a single dissent,” Gowdy said. “I have complete confidence in him and hope he is given the time, the resources and the independence to complete his work.”

The Justice Department declined to comment on Trump’s tweet, spokesman Ian Prior said in an email. The Office of Inspector General says on its website that it’s “a statutorily created independent entity whose mission is to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct in DOJ programs and personnel, and to promote economy and efficiency in those programs.”

Fact-Checking Dueling Claims on Alleged Bias in the Russia ProbeSessions told reporters on Tuesday that the inspector general would look into Republican claims that FISA standards were abused in the early stages of the FBI investigation into Trump campaign associates and ties to Russians. Trump’s decision to weigh in adds new fuel to concerns about presidential interference that could undermine the Justice Department’s independence.

“The inspector general will take that as one of the matters they’ll deal with,” Sessions said on Tuesday, concluding that it is “just the appropriate thing.”Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee, led by Chairman Devin Nunes, have alleged that the FBI and Justice Department were biased against Trump in their handling of the probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. A memo that the Republican lawmakers released on Feb. 2 asserts that officials relied primarily on an unverified dossier prepared by former British spy Christopher Steele to obtain a surveillance warrant on Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser on Trump’s campaign. The dossier was largely funded by Clinton’s campaign and Democrats.

Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee, led by their top-ranking member, Adam Schiff, disputed the claims in their own memo, released in redacted form on Saturday.

Democrats say the Steele dossier wasn’t part of the FBI’s decision to open its counterintelligence investigation, which began in July 2016, well before the bureau received the dossier in September of that the year. While the dossier was cited in the FBI’s initial FISA warrant application in October 2016, the bureau “cited multiple sources to support the case for surveilling Page” and made only “narrow use” of information from Steele’s sources, according to the Democratic memo.

Page had been on the FBI’s radar for many years and a Russian intelligence officer targeted him for recruitment, according to the Democratic memo. The Page warrant was also renewed three times -- in January 2017, April 2017 and June 2017 -- which requires evidence that the surveillance was bearing fruit.

I don't usually post videos, but this is a must see. As you watch this, ask yourself this question: If guns were banned, what would have happened here? Here's a hint: The robber would probably still be armed and the women would not be.

Bruce New World Order News

​POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2018

FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING: QUESTIONS THAT WILL NEVER BE ANSWERED

The subject article covers an extensive review of contradictions in the “official story” on the Parkland school shooting. An investigation of an horrendous crime such as this should leave no stone unturned. Every lead should be thoroughly investigated. Every question should be answered and nothing should be assumed to be a fact until it is proven.

Guess what? None of these principles are being followed. There is no investigation, just an attempt to validate the public statements. No questions are being answered. In fact the mediawhores are not only failing to publicize those questions, they are removing posts and videos from those who are investigating. We have police who are now claiming they were ordered to stand down. We have teachers who say they were informed there was going to be a shooting drill before the actual event took place. We have eyewitnesses that say there were multiple shooters. We have one eyewitness that said she was standing right next to, accused shooter, Nikolas Cruz, while someone else was shooting.

On the surface the subject article wouldn't have any connection to a government banning gun ownership for its' citizens, but not so fast. Our founding fathers wrote, on several occasions, that the main reason for the second amendment was to protect the citizens from an encroaching tyranny which could occur from a central government. Yesterday, I pointed out a couple of such examples. Once the citizens are disarmed, what's to stop government from removing the rest of your freedoms? What's to stop them from grabbing you off the street and throwing you into jail for expressing your opinion? What's to stop them from, oh, I don't know, throwing you into jail if you criticize big pharma for their ineffectual and potentially dangerous vaccine program?

Hold on to your hats. Here it is. The subject article covers an Australian law which essentially says the following: Australian nurses and midwives who dare to speak out against the dangers of vaccinations on social media or in person will be prosecuted, the Australian government has warned, urging members of the public to report vaccine skeptics to the authorities. They could be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.

Maybe you agree that people shouldn't criticize vaccine safety. What you should be worried about is the government being able to throw you into jail for your speech. Maybe the Australian's would revolt if it goes that far --- Oh, wait! They already gave up their weapons. It has been said, the second amendment protects the first amendment.

Australian nurses and midwives who dare to speak out against the dangers of vaccinations on social media or in person will be prosecuted, the Australian government has warned, urging members of the public to report vaccine skeptics to the authorities.

Medical professional face a jail sentence of 10 years for expressing doubt about the effectiveness of vaccinations or urging further studies into vaccine safety. Opponents of the new law claim free speech and scientific integrity is under attack in Australia by a government that has been bought and paid for by Big Pharma.

“With no exceptions we expect all registered nurses, enrolled nurses and midwives to use the best available evidence in making practice decisions. This includes providing information to the public about public health issues,” Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Dr. Lynette Cusack said in a statement.

The NMBA has called on Australians to report nurses or midwives promoting anti-vaccination – ‘anti-vaxxers’, as they’re known colloquially.

“The board will consider whether the nurse or midwife has breached their professional obligations and will treat these matters seriously,” the statement said.

“Any published anti-vaccination material and/or advice which is false, misleading or deceptive which is being distributed by a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife (including via social media) may also constitute a summary offence under the National Law and could result in prosecution by AHPRA [Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.]”

One of the strongest supporters of vaccination, Victoria’s Health Minister Jill Hennessy, has no time for parents who believe vaccine safety requires further study in order to ensure they are safe for our children.

“They are an organized movement, largely stemming from the United State of America that are hell bent on misleading parents that vaccinations are unsafe.

“That’s a dangerous message and one I’m going to continue to fight. Vaccinations save lives,” the minister concluded.

According to the new laws, parents who don’t immunize their kids may stop receiving childcare benefits. Only people with solid medical reasons are exempt from the crackdown.

POSTED FEBRUARY 22, 2018

END THE HYSTERIA. SIMPLE QUESTIONS ON PROPOSED GUN CONTROL.

The subject article covers a suggestion from Donald Trump to allow teachers and employees in schools to carry weapons. Before you succumb to an hysterical reaction, it should be pointed out that there are educational institutions that are doing just that. There are also legislatures around the country that are submitting legislation to allow that. By the way, have you heard of any mass shootings in those schools where employees have weapons?

So here are some questions:

If someone breaks into your house with a gun and shoots at you or your family, would you like to have the opportunity to shoot back, or would you like legislation to ban all guns?

Has there been a single incident of a shooter attacking a police station, military base, NRA meeting or other building where it is known to have armed occupants?

How are those nations and U.S. cities that are, or did, ban guns doing? ( Mexico, China, The Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Pol Pot's Cambodia, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago)

How are the top 2 nations, besides the U.S., that doesn't restrict gun ownership doing? (Norway and Switzerland).

How many crimes have been prevented in a year by individuals lawfully carrying a firearm? (O.K. I'll help. Guns used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense.)

I would never presume to make a law that requires gun ownership, but in the early days of our Republic, the law required just that. I do however, want the option to defend myself and my family, with a firearm, if I so desire.

President Donald Trump has floated the idea that arming teachers and school staff could prevent future massacres, as he met with Florida school shooting survivors, who demanded changes and solutions.TrendsDonald Trump, Florida school shooting

“If you had a teacher with, who was adept at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly... And we’re going to be looking at it very strongly, and I think a lot of people are going to be opposed to it, I think a lot of people are going to like it,” Trump said at a ‘listening session’ at the White House on Wednesday, that included some Florida school shooting survivors.

While Trump’s controversial proposal is still up for discussion, the US president noted that such a practice has a high success rate on airplanes. Undercover Federal Air Marshals carry weapons on many US flights. Trump somehow estimated that just 20 percent of teachers and staff armed with guns could effectively thwart potential attacks on school property.

“The attack has lasted on average about three minutes. It takes 5-8 minutes for the responders, for the police to come in,” Trump said, explaining the argument for arming school staff.

“You’d have a lot of people who would be armed, who would be ready,” Trump said. “They may be Marines that left the Marines, left the Army, left the Air Force, and they are very adept at doing that. You’d have a lot of them and they would be spread evenly throughout the school.”

Last Wednesday, a teenager armed with an AR-15 opened fire on students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring over a dozen more. The perpetrator, identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, was detained shortly after the shooting and later confessed to the crime.

Students, parents and family members of Florida massacre victims raised their voices at the commander-in-chief, urging the president with tears in their eyes to find a solution to the gun problem, which continues to plague US schools.

Responding to their pain, Trump promised to be “very strong on background checks” and place a “very strong emphasis”on mental health as part of the solution to the deadly problem. “It's not gonna be talk like it has been in the past. It's been going on too long. Too many instances. And we're going to get it done,” Trump said.

Not everyone welcomed Trump's idea of arming teachers. Mark Barden, the father of one of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut, noted that any would-be shooter “is not going to care if there’s someone there with a gun” working at the school premises.

POSTED FEBRUARY 21, 2018

YOUTUBE PULLING ANTI-GOVERNMENT STORY VIDEOS AS FAST AS THEY CAN

So what are they hiding? In the case of the Florida shooting, they are hiding inconsistencies in the official government story. One of the subject articles covers a mediawhore orgy over an alleged student, David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Researchers have found some disturbing contradictions in the bio of David Hogg. There is evidence that he actually graduated from a high school in Redondo Beach, California in 2015. There is also a video where Hogg is identified as an actor in a video posted some time earlier in Redondo Beach. Then his father is an FBI agent and his mother is an employee of CNN. He also made a video concerning the shooting before it actually happened.

So what is the response from the mediawhores? First they pull the video and dozens of others from youtube. Then, and you're going to love this one, they dust off the tired, old, discredited, sophomoric, “conspiracy theorist” name calling. Let's count the number of times they use that term in their very short article, shall we? O.K. I counted 7. I also read about the mental condition of those who question the official story. Here's what's missing. There are no answers to the questions being asked. No, we don't do that. We never answer any questions. We only call you names and censor your publications.

No, nothing to see here, just move on. Oswald killed Kennedy all by himself. North Vietnamese gunboats attacked a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin, 80+ men, women and children committed suicide at Waco, Texas by burning themselves to death, 3 steel reinforced skyscrapers all collapsed in one day due to a kerosene fire ( the third building didn't even have a kerosene fire), Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, and if you ask any questions, whatsoever, you're (wait for it) A CONSPIRACY THEORIST.

David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, has been outspoken about the proliferation of guns in the United States—and politicians’ inaction on gun control—after seeing 17 of his classmates killed by a school shooter. For speaking up, he’s been targeted by right-wing commentators and outright conspiracy theorists have their knives out for the 17-year-old.

On Tuesday, a YouTube user who goes by “mark m” uploaded a video showing David Hogg being interviewed by a local TV station in Redondo Beach, CA, as a witness to a dust-up with a lifeguard over a boogie board. “DAVID HOGG THE ACTOR....” the video’s caption read.

YouTube

The video became so popular so quickly that YouTube named it as “#1 on trending.”

YouTube

In the video, Hogg and a friend argued with a Redondo Beach lifeguard after his friend placed his boogie board on top of a trash can. Now, conspiracy theorists have seized on the clip as evidence that Hogg is not a high school student but a rather a paid “crisis actor” who moves from tragedy to tragedy (because, evidently, it’s impossible for a Florida high school student to also visit a beach in California).

After Splinter reached out to YouTube for comment on the video, the site took the video down somewhere between 10:30 and 11 am EST on Wednesday. YouTube’s community guidelines don’t explicitly restrict content that promotes unfounded conspiracy theories, but a notice left where the video was says it violated the site’s policies “on harassment and bullying.”

YouTube

The video uploading giant, which is owned by Google, has clearly struggled to stem the tide of conspiracy theory content on its site in the wake of the Parkland shooting:

Even after YouTube removed the video, plenty of content from conspiracy theorists remained live. Here’s a sample of other YouTube videos that come up when you search David Hogg’s name:

YouTube

See that little gray check mark next to The Alex Jones Channel? That means YouTube has “verified” Jones, a man who also believes the Sandy Hook shooting that killed 20 children was a false-flag operation.

The conspiracy theory has gotten so much attention that Hogg had to address the claim in a CNN interview, telling Anderson Cooper: “I’m not a crisis actor.”

Remember, it’s not just anonymous 4chan trolls and Alex Jones acolytes who are spreading these wildly offensive conspiracy theories about teenage survivors of a horrific school shooting. Donald Trump Jr. has been promoting conspiracy theories about Hogg on his Twitter account, including the idea that because Hogg’s father is a retired FBI agent, his son’s outrage about the lack of gun control in the U.S. is a political stunt to discredit the president.

And on Tuesday, a legislative aide to Florida state Representative Shawn Harrison emailed a local reporter to claim that Hogg and another Parkland survivor were not students, but “actors that travel to various crisis when they happen.”

It’s a good reminder that we live in a country filled with heavily armed, mentally unstable conspiracy theorists—some of whom just happen to be related to the president.

Update, 1:20 p.m. ET: In a statement to Splinter, a YouTube spokesperson said:

This video should never have appeared in Trending. Because the video contained footage from an authoritative news source, our system misclassified it. As soon as we became aware of the video, we removed it from Trending and from YouTube for violating our policies. We are working to improve our systems moving forward.

POSTED FEBRUARY 20, 2018

MEDDLING IN ELECTIONS --- IT'S ONLY O.K. IF WE DO IT.

The subject article covers over 100 examples of the U.S. meddling in the elections of 60 different nations since 1946. Of course, the mediawhores and our government masters don't want to talk about that. No, instead they talk and talk and talk about the so-called Russian meddling in our elections. After more than a year, there is absolutely no evidence of this, whatsoever. In fact, the evidence shows that these accusations come from the Clintons. I guess if the Clintons say the moon is made out of green cheese, we can count on the mediawhores parroting that for years.

There are a couple of other things regarding interference in the affairs of another nation. The first is bombing and invading. As bad as election interference is, bombing a nation into the stone age while killing multiple thousands of their citizens is worse. The second thing is Israeli interference in our elections and domestic affairs. Not only do the Israeli's admit it, they are proud of it. We have many Senators and Congressmen who openly brag about their allegiance to Israel. ----- And you wonder why we are involved in so many wars in the middle east.

A Russian parliamentary commission has prepared a report that lists over 100 cases of US interference in other nations’ internal affairs since the end of World War Two.

“We have counted approximately 100, about 101 or 102 absolutely verified and recorded facts of American involvement in the sovereign affairs of over 60 UN member-nations since the approval of this organizations’ charter that bans any such involvement – since 1946 till this day,” the head of the upper house Commission for Protection of State Sovereignty, Senator Andrey Klimov, was quoted as saying on Monday by TASS.

The senator named one particular example from the list – the 1973 coup d’état in Chile that installed Augusto Pinochet as a military dictator and as a result of which the country’s parliament was dissolved and numerous human rights violations were committed. “Every such fact has a multitude of episodes of the US interference,” he noted.

Klimov told TASS that the annual report would be finalized and released at the end of the month, and added that senators were preparing a different edition which would be distributed among a “closed circle of persons” and which would not be released to the wider public in the foreseeable future.

At the same time, Klimov noted that not all cases of US involvement in other nations’ affairs could be formally described as such and thus were not included in the report. As an example, he named Donald Trump’s inauguration speech, in which the US president said that Washington was constantly meddling in other nations’ affairs and called for an end to such practices. “And these were the words of an inaugurated president, the commander-in-chief of the US military forces, who had been briefed through all files,” he said.

Another example was the 2003 speech of George W. Bush in which the then-US president urged change in political regimes in between 40 and 50 foreign countries.

The upper house commission for monitoring and countering foreign nations’ attempts to influence internal Russian politics was formed in mid-2017. Back then, upper house Speaker Valentina Matvienko said that attempts to meddle in Russia’s internal affairs had been ongoing for years and that up to $100 billion was sent to Russia from abroad annually to sponsor "political activities." "We know the consequences of such meddling... and will not allow anyone to threaten Russia's sovereignty," she said.

POSTED FEBRUARY 19, 2018

FROM PROZAC TO PARKLAND: ARE PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS CAUSING MASS SHOOTINGS?

I brought this up last week after the school shooting in Florida. The widespread use of psychotropic drugs by our youth is the only factor that has changed in the past generation. If it were solely about guns, then easier gun purchase with more usage of guns by average citizens would result in more mass shootings, not fewer.

From the founding of our republic to just a generation ago, our nation's gun laws were far more permissive than they are now. Indeed, when I went to school ( a long time ago ), one could actually bring a rifle to school and put it in a locker or leave it in their car. Pistols could be purchased without any background check at a wide variety of retailers. Yet, there were virtually no school shootings. Mass shootings were unheard of.

The subject article covers the fact that almost all school shooters were under the influence of psychotropic drugs. Our mediawhores and government masters pay no attention to this. After all, there are billions of dollars in getting our children dependent on drugs. Also, if the people get too “uppity”, we don't want them to have the ability to oppose government.

Whille mass killers generally have guns in their hands, another commonality is that they often have psychiatric drugs in their blood. The difference, though, is that it isn't guns that have the side effect of "homicidal ideation."

If you develop digestive problems after a change in diet, do you look for the cause in foods you always ate or the new ones you started eating? While the answer is obvious, this common sense is painfully uncommon when analyzing the new phenomenon of continual mass shootings: Many blame the long-present “foods” — guns in this case — and ignore the new diet whose embrace coincided with the problem. And part of what’s new is the widespread use of psychiatric drugs.

As a case in point, the Parkland, Florida, shooter (I won’t use his name and help provide the fame he craved), who murdered 17 on Valentine’s Day, was on medication for emotional issues, his aunt related. This is now a familiar story, too. As WND.com’s David Kupelian put it Thursday, the following is par for the course: As information about a “perpetrator emerges, a relative confides to a newspaper that the ‘troubled youth’ who committed the mass murder was on psychiatric medications — you know, those powerful, little understood, mind-altering drugs with fearsome side effects including ‘suicidal ideation’ and even ‘homicidal ideation.’”

Yet, Kupelian laments, the media have little appetite for exploring this issue. Politicians don’t, either. Unlike with guns, legal drugs aren’t a sexy issue that can be used to scare people and win votes. Moreover, as The Guardian reported last year, “Pharmaceutical companies spend far more than any other industry to influence politicians,” having poured “close to $2.5bn into lobbying and funding members of Congress over the past decade.” This dwarfs the “gun lobby’s” political contributions, mind you.

But what about pharmaceuticals’ contributions to mass shootings? Of course, correlation doesn’t mean causation, but it can provide clues as to where causation may lie — and the correlation between mass shooters and psychiatric drug use certainly exists.

Consider Newtown, Connecticut, killer Adam Lanza (I will provide the names of perpetrators of older incidents), who killed 26 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2013. He also was on medication, according to family friend Louise Tambascio. That’s all we heard about it, however; as Kupelian points out, there “was little journalistic curiosity or follow-up.”

But there should be. As Kupelian also informs, “Fact: A disturbing number of perpetrators of school shootings and similar mass murders in our modern era were either on — or just recently coming off of — psychiatric medications.” He then provides some examples (all quotations are Kupelian’s):

• “Columbine mass-killer Eric Harris was taking Luvox — like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor and many others, a modern and widely prescribed type of antidepressant drug called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs.” Along with fellow student Dylan Klebold, Harris shot 13 to death and wounded 24 in a headline-grabbing 1999 rampage. “Luvox manufacturer Solvay Pharmaceuticals concedes that during short-term controlled clinical trials, 4 percent of children and youth taking Luvox — that’s one in 25 — developed mania, a dangerous and violence-prone mental derangement characterized by extreme excitement and delusion.”

• Twenty-five-year-old Patrick Purdy murdered five children and wounded 30 in a schoolyard shooting rampage in Stockton, California, in 1989. He’d been taking “Amitriptyline, an antidepressant, as well as the antipsychotic drug Thorazine.”

• “Kip Kinkel, 15, murdered his parents in 1998 and the next day went to his school, Thurston High in Springfield, Oregon, and opened fire on his classmates, killing two and wounding 22 others. He had been prescribed both Prozac and Ritalin.”

WND’s Leo Hohmann adds to the picture, having reported in 2015 (all quotations are his):

• “Aaron Ray Ybarra, 26, of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, allegedly opened fire with a shotgun at Seattle Pacific University in June 2014, killing one student and wounding two others.” Ybarra “said he’d been prescribed with Prozac and Risperdal to help him with his problems.”

• “Jose Reyes, the Nevada seventh-grader who went on a shooting rampage at his school in October 2013 was taking a prescription antidepressant [Prozac] at the time….”

• “Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis sprayed bullets at office workers and in a cafeteria on Sept. 16, 2013, killing 13 people including himself. Alexis had been prescribed [generic antidepressant] Trazodone by his Veterans Affairs doctor.”

• “In 1988, 31-year-old Laurie Dann went on a shooting rampage in a second-grade classroom in Winnetka, Ill., killing one child and wounding six. She had been taking the antidepressant Anafranil as well as Lithium, long used to treat mania.”

• “In Paducah, Kentucky, in late 1997, 14-year-old Michael Carneal, son of a prominent attorney, traveled to Heath High School and started shooting students in a prayer meeting taking place in the school’s lobby, killing three and leaving another paralyzed. Carneal reportedly was on Ritalin.”

• “In 2005, 16-year-old Jeff Weise, living on Minnesota’s Red Lake Indian Reservation, shot and killed nine people and wounded five others before killing himself. Weise had been taking Prozac.”

Of course, also relating to correlation, there’s a chicken-or-egg question here: Is it that taking psychiatric drugs makes a person more likely to go crazy and commit murderous rampages, or is it that crazy people who are candidates for committing murderous rampages are more likely to be prescribed psychiatric drugs? In reality, most likely it’s both.

The truth is that because the human mind is complex and not wholly understood, taking mind-altering drugs is a risky proposition. Drug companies acknowledge this, too, mind you — just not very publicly. As Kupelian writes after relating the case of Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in 2001 while on the antidepressant Effexor:

In November 2005, more than four years after Yates drowned her children, Effexor manufacturer Wyeth Pharmaceuticals quietly added “homicidal ideation” to the drug’s list of “rare adverse events.” The Medical Accountability Network, a private nonprofit focused on medical ethics issues, publicly criticized Wyeth, saying Effexor’s “homicidal ideation” risk wasn’t well publicized and that Wyeth failed to send letters to doctors or issue warning labels announcing the change. And what exactly does “rare” mean in the phrase “rare adverse events”? The FDA defines it as occurring in less than one in 1,000 people. But since that same year 19.2 million prescriptions for Effexor were filled in the U.S., statistically that means thousands of Americans might experience “homicidal ideation” — murderous thoughts — as a result of taking just this one brand of antidepressant drug. Effexor is Wyeth’s best-selling drug, by the way, which in one recent year brought in over $3 billion in sales, accounting for almost a fifth of the company’s annual revenues.

In fact, as Ch 2 WCGH reported in 2009, “One study shows a quarter of all children on drugs such as Paxil and Zoloft become dangerously violent and/or suicidal.” Below is a 2011 news report on the subject by WCNC.COM 6 News; it includes the story of Christopher Pittman.

Of course, if these drugs pose such a threat, there should be a stream of high-profile lawsuits, right? Wrong. To avoid the bad exposure this would bring, drug companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars settling claims out of court and often cloak them with confidentiality agreements.

Having said this, it’s unlikely that psychiatric drugs are entirely to blame for mass shootings, for much has changed during the last many decades. We’ve seen a decline in faith and rise in moral relativism/nihilism, which relates the notion that right and wrong are mere “perspective”; entertainment has become increasingly decadent and mindlessly violent (note that the Internet’s rise fairly closely coincided with the start of continual mass shootings); the family has continued to break down, and Americans today, immersed in electronics, are often more connected to things than people; and the fame committing a massacre brings can be alluring to lonely, disturbed people, thus breeding copycat crimes, to name just a few factors. It’s a systemic problem.

Nonetheless, adding mind-altering drugs to this equation adds up to nothing good, and this brings me to my story. I knew a good-natured man who was the epitome of even-temperedness, who had some problems and was prescribed an antidepressant by a psychiatrist (who’d never treated him before). Well, he swallowed one pill — and only one, ever. In his case, that was all it took. Fifteen minutes later, he flew into a rage and was never the same again. Mental instability, irrationality, and some violent episodes — in a word, insanity — would define the rest of his life.

Famed psychiatrist Sigmund Freud once believed that cocaine, legal during his younger days, was the best cure for depression there’d ever been. “Bayer Heroin” was once advertised as a remedy for all sorts of ailments. Today, with one out of six Americans on some psychiatric medication, we ought to perhaps bear in mind that just because a drug is on the right side of the law doesn’t mean it won’t bring you to the wrong side of sanity’s line.

POSTED FEBRUARY 16, 2018

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORMS AN ALLIANCE WITH KURDS. NOW WHAT?

The U.S. government has really been put into a corner with this latest development. As Turkish military forces close in on Kurds occupying the Syrian area of Afrin, the Kurds and the Syrian government have reached an agreement to let Syrian forces to enter Afrin, thus agreeing to allow Syria to regain control of this area.

So we have the U.S. saying it wanted to deploy a 30,000 man force to protect the Afrin area for the Kurds. Then we have Turkey sending their military into Syria to attack the Kurds. Then we have the U.S. double crossing the Kurds. Then we have U.S. forces attacking Syrian military forces approaching the area. Now we have the Kurds and Syria forming an alliance and the U.S. illegally occupying Syrian territory, managing to make enemies out of everyone. Turkey hates us. The Kurds hate us. The Russians hate us. The Iranians hate us. Hezbollah hates us. Syria hates us.

Why are we there again? As the fighting continues, who exactly, is the U.S. going to fight and why? It could be that all of the divergent forces in Syria have determined that their first priority is getting the U.S. out. Why are we there again?

The Syrian government is reportedly set to deploy troops to the northern district of Afrin, which has been the target of a month-long Turkish offensive, as part of an agreement with the Kurdish militants operating there.

Citing “special” sources, Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen broadcaster reported Thursday that Damascus had reached an agreement with militants of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to station troops in Afrin with the aim of countering Turkish military attacks.

Russia’s Sputnik news agency also quoted a source familiar with the situation as saying that Syrian forces would enter the flashpoint region within “the next few days.”

“The agreement has been reached on the deployment of the Syrian Armed Forces at the Syrian-Turkish border in Afrin in the north of Aleppo in the next few days. The agreement was reached between the Syrian government and the Kurds,” the source said.

According to Sputnik, the US, a longtime supporter of the anti-Damascus Kurdish militants, has no knowledge of the deal.

Ankara views the YPG as a terror organization linked to the homegrown militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been fighting for autonomy on Turkish soil over the past decades.

Angered by a Washington plan to set up a 30,000-strong Kurdish force at its doorstep, Turkey launched on January 19 the so-called Operation Olive Branch in northern Syria to cleanse those regions of the YPG, which forms the primary component of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

This January 28, 2018 file photo, Turkish troops take control of Bursayah hill, which separates the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from Azaz, Syria. (By AP)

Turkey has threatened to expand its military operation to the nearby Kurdish-controlled Syrian city of Manbij and beyond to the Iraqi border. It has also warned the US, its NATO ally, to halt its support for the Kurds or risk confronting Turkish forces on the ground in Syria.

In an exclusive report on February 11, Reuters said the Kurdish militants controlling Afrin are getting indirect assistance from Syrian government forces in the face Turkish assaults.

Kino Gabriel, the SDF spokesman, said the “fundamental route” to get reinforcements to Afrin is via government forces, adding, “There are understandings between the two forces ... for the sake of delivering reinforcements.”

The developments come a few weeks after Kurdish authorities in the Afrin district appealed to the government of President Bashar al-Assad to send troops and help defend them against the Turkish incursion in line with protecting Syria’s sovereignty.

PressTV-Syrian Kurds appeal to Assad in face of Turkish incursion

Kurdish authorities in Syria’s Afrin district call on the Syrian government to send troops to protect the country’s sovereignty against a Turkish military incursion.

The Syrian government has given a degree of authority to the Kurdish regions to run their own affairs in the face of a foreign-backed militancy. The US, however, has used the vacuum to establish a foothold in those regions with the help of militants.

Assad has described US-sponsored Kurdish armed elements as “traitors” to the nation but has also denounced Turkish incursions as an act of aggression.

POSTED FEBRUARY 15, 2018

WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST SCHOOL SHOOTING?

I waited a day to let some of the “dust” settle. As usual, the official story is beginning to unravel. The accused shooter has been labeled a “white supremacist” and the lone gunman. Well, the first label has already been refuted as propaganda. Nikolas Cruz's heritage is Hispanic with a Cuban origin. Hardly a “white supremacist”. I have also posted an article quoting students who were there that there were multiple shooters. One student said he was talking to Cruz as gun fire erupted and Cruz was not holding a weapon at that time.

It has also been revealed that Cruz may have been autistic and was taking psychotropic medication.

So, one the one hand, he was this mastermind who planned this horrific crime and on the other hand he was this autistic kid under the influence of psychotropic drugs.

Harris was put on psychiatric drugs. The killer at Northern Illinois University had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Virginia Tech had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Stockton had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Navy Yard had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Ft. Hood had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Isla Vista had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Paducah had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at UCC had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Aurora had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Tucson had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Tallahassee had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Kauhajoki had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Fresno had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Jokela had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Red Lion had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at Ikeda had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The killer at El Cajon had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. Nikolas de Jesus Crux had been prescribed psychiatric drugs.

The Federal Reserve has intimated that they will raise interest rates 3 or 4 times this year. If they do that, it will be the “final nail” in the U.S. economy. In their defense, they are in a fix. The Fed has had to buy the bonds used to finance the government debt, which no one else wants. They can't sell them on the open market, so by forcing interest rates up, they hope to stimulate demand.

Here's what will really happen. Interest payments on the existing debt for 2017 was 266 billion dollars. If the Fed fund rate goes from the current 1.25% to 2 or 2.25% it will increase the interest requirement to the government to 400 billion or more. That's at least a 50% increase, which will require more borrowing or more taxes or both. All of the consumer interest rates will go up. Many of the existing mortgage rates will go up. Mortgage rates for home buyers will go up. Those qualified to purchase homes will go down. Those qualified to purchase cars will go down. Home sales will tumble. Auto sales will tumble. Disposable income to consumers will decline, forcing consumers to cut back on purchases.

The Fed talks about “full employment” and a “robust economy”. Despite these ridiculous statements, the reality is nearly 100 million Americans are either unemployed or under employed. The average American cannot last more than a few weeks without income. Hitting Americans with a trillion dollar increase in taxes and interest will finish us. The money doesn't exist to give back to the private bankers at the Federal Reserve. The stock market is already responding to this lunacy. So, lets hope when things begin to spin out of control, common sense will prevail. This policy has no chance of succeeding.

I have posted a few of today's headlines concerning the events leading up to war. Of course, the mediawhores are mostly ignoring this potential holocaust. Instead they focus on ridiculous discredited stories like Russian interference in the 2016 election and “soap operish” stories concerning Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, things are heating up all over the world ---- especially in the middle east. Israel attacks Syria and get's at least one plane shot down. U.S. forces attack their own allies, the Kurds, and kill hundreds. Turkey continues to advance against the Kurds and threaten U.S. forces. A U.S. drone attacks a Russian tank, killing those inside. By the way ---- why is the U.S. in Syria? They do not have the permission of the Syrian government. They do not have authorization from the U.N. There has been no declaration of war by the U.S. Congress. There is no threat, whatsoever, from Syria. Is killing and being killed so irresistible to the insaniacs?

Now, what is the one thing remaining to start an all out war consuming the whole world? It is a Russian response. Our government masters have to know that they just can't keep killing and supporting those who kill Russians and their allies. Sooner or later, those inside Russia are going to pressure Putin to respond. Putin is not insane, unlike our leaders, but he may not have a choice. If someone kicks in your door and starts a fight, you're going to fight. This is a war no one will win. It may be a war that ends all life on this planet. We may think that no one would start such a war, but we also may forget, they are nuts. It's just that simple.

You have to wonder if some of those who are in charge of major corporations have to be stupid in order to qualify for their positions. Last year, Target did all they could to commit financial suicide by mandating an “open washroom policy” If you think you're a woman, you can use the women's washroom. If you think you're a man you can use the men's washroom. If you don't know what you are, you can use any washroom.

So what's happened to Target's bottom line? You guessed it. They have lost billions in sales. Their share price has been negatively affected. Their long term health is very much in question. Well done, idiots.

So now the idiots that control Walgreen's are going down the same road. The average customer at Walgreen's is older than the population as a whole. Polls show that this typical customer is hostile to this transgender bathroom nonsense. Walgreen's, in fact had to close 600 stores last year to fund the Rite Aid purchase. So let's alienate millions of customers. If you own Walgreen's stock, time to sell. If you're a customer of Walgreen's, find somewhere else to shop. This is a very stupid business decision.

Walgreens stores now welcome men who identify as women into women’s restrooms in all of their 8,100 locations.

The decision follows in the footsteps of a similar move by retail giant Target, despite the fact that there have been dozens of women and children victimized by male predators inside Target stores since that policy was enacted, according to the American Family Association. The non-profit organization has launched an online petition urging the drug store chain to reverse its policy.

“All individuals have a right to use restroom facilities that correspond to the individual’s gender identity, regardless of the individual’s sex assigned at birth,” Walgreens announced in a November 2017 memo.

The company said their intent “is to support transgender individuals and foster an environment of inclusion and mutual respect.”

Unless you oppose the privacy violation that may prove to be a safety risk.

The policy came to be after a customer complained that a Walgreens employee would not let her use the women’s restroom because she “dressed like a man,” according to a statement from the ACLU’s Southern California chapter, which took up the cause.

Jessie Meehan, who is not transgender, according to the Los Angeles Times, was on her way to a Los Angeles LGBTQ pride festival last year when she stopped at a Walgreens on Sunset Blvd.

She shared her story in a well-produced video distributed by ACLU of Southern California.

Despite female customers, including young girls, potentially becoming victims of voyeurism, sexual assault and physical attack, ACLU SoCal. attorney Amanda Goad turned that risk on its head when she spoke about “safe restroom access.”

“Everyone needs safe restroom access, and California law protects every person’s right to access restrooms based on their gender identity in workplaces, schools, and business establishments,” Goad said, according to NBC News. “It’s important for businesses to make sure their employees understand that requirement, just like Walgreens is now doing, because Jessie Meehan had the courage to stand up for her rights.”

AFA is asking supporters to sign their petition urging Walgreens to immediately reverse its dangerous policy.

You may not own any stock, but when markets plummet, it affects everyone. Most workers have pensions, IRA's 401K's and other long term investments. Those investments are directly tied to stocks and bonds. When they go down, individual portfolios go down. Almost all large corporations (Sears anyone?) have borrowed large amounts of money. Some actually cannot operate without credit. In order to obtain credit, lending institutions require security. Corporate security depends on share price. When share price goes down, the securitization of credit can move into the unsecured area. When that happens the creditor can demand partial and total payment. If that payment does not come, the creditor can move against the assets. Then there are the margin buyers in the market. When the value of the stocks or bonds decline, an immediate demand for additional cash is made. If that demand is not satisfied, assets of the trader are seized for sale.

So, it doesn't take much for a “snowball effect” to start. Everybody starts scrambling for money. Assets are put up for sale. Soon the sale of assets exceeds the demand, then the value of those assets starts to decline forcing additional sales to hit the market. 1929 anyone?

Again, I don't know if this is it. It's too early to tell, but even these early signs will start a panic on the part of some. If it continues, it will spread to many more. The less debt you have, the better. The less exposure to equity and bond markets, the better.

For the second time this week, the Dow plunged more than 1,000 points.

And the stock market is now in a correction -- 10% off its record high just two weeks ago.

Fears about the bond market, inflation and interest rates seized investors again Thursday and drove the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all into the red for the year.

The Dow finished with a decline of 1,033 points, the second-worst point drop in history, eclipsed only by Monday's 1,175-point nosedive.

The percentage decline on Thursday, 4.2%, wasn't nearly as bad as the scary days of the 2008 financial crisis. But a steady climb that lasted more than a year has given way to two weeks of shaky selling. The Dow is on track for its worst weekly percentage drop since the crisis.

"This is not the end of the world, but it is uncomfortable," said Rich Guerrini, CEO of PNC Investments.

The economy is strong, but investors are worried about inflation, and the possibility that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than expected to fight it. The 10-year Treasury yield briefly hit a four-year high of 2.88%. The bond market is a decent indicator of fears about inflation.

"The bond market has definitely got the stock market's attention," said Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist at LPL Financial. "Is the bond market telling us something we don't know? Is there more inflation down the road than we're expecting?"

The Dow closed below 24,000 for the first time since late November. The Nasdaq ended at a two-month low and just shy of a correction.

Trading has been choppy for days, and the market has swung in wide ranges -- up and down nearly 2,300 points over the past week. Consider this: The

S&P 500 has risen or fallen 1% five times in the past two weeks. That only happened eight times all of last year.

And the VIX, a measure of market volatility, is near the highest level since August 2015.

"A big down day like Monday doesn't just go away. We're going to continue to see volatile days," said JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade. "It can take two to three weeks to work through the system."

It's a big shift from 2017 and the beginning of 2018, when the stock market went the longest period ever without tumbling. But such calm is unusual, and stocks overheated.

"We had an epic run. There was euphoria because there hadn't been a pullback," said Jeffrey Schulze, investment strategist at ClearBridge Investments.

Bonds are spooking stocks

The bull market has feasted on extremely low bond rates for years, but those days may be ending.

Investors worry that Treasury yields will rise to levels that make stocks less attractive, and will force the Federal Reserve to fight inflation by aggressively raising interest rates.

New York Federal Reserve President Bill Dudley told Bloomberg News on Thursday that if the U.S. economy keeps getting stronger the central bank may be justified in raising rates four times this year. Wall Street has been expecting three rate hikes at most.

Dudley, who called the market slump "small potatoes," said the "jury is still out" on the number of rate hikes.

Washington is putting more pressure on rates. The U.S. Senate reached a bipartisan deal Wednesday that would boost spending limits by $300 billion over the next two years. The compromise, coupled with Republican tax cuts, could lift the federal budget deficit to $1.07 trillion in fiscal 2019, according to Bank of America estimates.

Wall Street anticipates that more government spending will force the Treasury Department to borrow more money by selling additional bonds. To drum up demand for that higher supply, rates may have to go up.

The stock market is still up dramatically since President Trump's election. His promises for big corporate tax cuts helped lift the Dow more than 8,000 points, though it has since given back about a quarter of that surge.

The market performance also reflects the strong U.S. and global economies, which have boosted corporate profits. The job market remains healthy, as evidenced by a report Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits are at a 45-year low.

"The U.S. economy is on solid foundation," said ClearBridge's Schulze.

POSTED FEBRUARY 7, 2018

ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIA ----- AGAIN

They say they are our friends. With all the wars we are fighting, mostly on their behalf, who needs enemies when we have them. So, in a world with more wars than anyone could count, our good friends, the Israeli government, launched another missile attack on Syria, from another sovereign nation, Lebanon----- Oh, and we paid for it.

The Syrian government claims they shot down most of the missiles, but one must ask, “What in the world are they thinking”. How would we act if some other nation flew planes into Mexico and fired missiles at us from there? Exactly! Yet, there are those who think as long as our “good friends” give some sort of excuse for their actions, it's all O.K. No, it's not. There isn't a nation on earth that would put up with this indefinitely. In fact, Syria has threatened to send missiles into Israel if this continues. I guess Israel would like that just fine. War mongers love war. They love death. They love killing --- as long as it's someone else who gets killed.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict where this will go. Maybe, in some twisted way, some in a positions of power are trying to give God some help in fulfilling the prophecies of the Bible.

Syria says Israeli warplanes struck a military position near Damascus on Wednesday, but their air defenses stopped most of the missiles.Syria says the Israeli warplanes launched missiles while inside Lebanon.Israel doesn't respond to reports of their military campaign in Syria, but have made it clear they will do what it takes to stop Iran and Hezbollah.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian military position in a rural area near Damascus on Wednesday, triggering Syria's air defense system which destroyed most of the missiles, a Syrian army statement carried by state television said.

The statement said several missiles were launched by the Israeli jets from inside the territory of neighboring Lebanon at 03:42 am local time.

"The general command of the armed forces holds Israel fully responsible for the dangerous consequences of its repeated, aggressive and uncalculated adventures," the army statement said.

In Jerusalem, an Israeli military spokeswoman said: "We do not respond to such reports."

The Syrian army said it had destroyed most of the Israeli missiles fired at its position, but did not give details of any damage or casualties.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said the missiles targeted "positions of the Syrian army and its allies" in the region of Jamraya, west of Damascus, which was also hit in December.

The Israeli air force has said it has struck arms convoys of the Syrian military and Lebanon's Hezbollah nearly 100 times since the war in Syria began more than six years ago.

Israel regards the Iran-backed Hezbollah, which is fighting alongside the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as the biggest threat it faces on its borders.

It has grown deeply alarmed by Iran's expanding clout during the conflict, and has warned it would act against any threat from Tehran.

POSTED FEBRUARY 6, 2018

US should leave Manbij in Syria

Those are the words of Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish troops are in the process of attempting to remove Kurdish forces from the border area between Syria and Turkey. Guess who's in the way? Who's always in the way? The U.S. military.

Yes, the U.S. should leave Manjib. The U.S. should leave all of Syria. The U.S. should leave Afghanistan, Iraq and most of the more than 150 nations where there is a military presence, but back to Syria. Turkey, Syria and Russia all say the U.S. should leave. There is no authorization from anyone to allow the U.S. to seize the land of another country. It is not enough to say we don't like the leader of Syria. These are the justifications for previous invasions by other empires. It wasn't right then. It isn't right now.

As Turkish forces progress into territory occupied by the Kurds, they will come into contact with U.S. forces. Then what? Are we so bent on starting a war that we will fight anyone willing to oppose us --- even a NATO ally? We have lost control of our government. They will spend our money on whatever they want. They will start a war with whomever they want. They will send our children and other family members to fight and die in these wars and they will not allow the rest of us to have anything to say about it. There is nothing unpatriotic in saying we will not cooperate.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the US once again to withdraw from the Syrian city of Manbij, saying that Turkish forces aim to return the city “to its true owners.”

Speaking at a meeting of his ruling AK Party in parliament on Tuesday, Erdogan said that countless terrorists had been“rendered inactive” by the recent Turkish offensive in Afrin. Vowing that the operation would continue, he mocked Washington's criticisms. “When are you going to finish with us asking the question, when did you finish your operations in Afghanistan? When did you finish your operations in Iraq? It's been 18 years,” Erdogan said, as quoted by Hurriyet.

He described the American military presence in Syria as opportunistic, saying that Washington had “calculations against Turkey, Iran and maybe Russia” now that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has been largely defeated.

Erdogan also vowed that Turkey would develop its defense sector and reduce reliance on foreign-made defense systems.

Last week, General Joseph Votel, head of the United States Central Command, said that pulling out from the strategically-important city is “not something we are looking into.” Ankara has previously called on US forces to leave the city, which is currently being held by US-backed Kurdish groups.

Erdogan’s warning comes just a week after similar statements from Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, who called on the US to leave Manbij immediately.

In response, Colonel Ryan Dillon, spokesperson for the US-led coalition, said that Washington would not abandon its Kurdish allies, which Ankara has accused of having links to terrorism.

“Turkey knows where our forces are in Manbij, and what they are doing there, and why they are there – to prevent any kind of escalation between the groups who are in that area,” Dillon told Kurdish media.

“The Coalition will continue to support our Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against ISIS. We have said this all along, and we have said this with the Kurdish elements of the SDF. We will provide them equipment as necessary to defeat Daesh,” he added, using the Arabic pejorative term for IS.

The Turkish offensive has added additional strain to the already contentious relationship between Washington and Ankara. A White House spokesman recently remarked that the operation “risks conflict between Turkish and American forces” in Syria.

Turkish troops crossed into Syria in late January in an attempt to drive US-backed Kurds out of the city of Afrin. Erdogan has warned that the controversial offensive, codenamed‘Operation Olive Branch’, could soon target “terrorists” in Manbij, which is 100km east of Afrin.

POSTED FEBRUARY 5, 2018

COLLAPSE UPDATE: STOCK MARKET FALLS 1175 POINTS. IS THIS IT?

History shows economic collapses happen over a period of time. Even the 100 years since the creation of the Federal Reserve, is historically a short time. In that 100 years we have had recessions and depressions. The last was in 2008. Our government masters' answer was to bail out failing banks with borrowed money guaranteed by the taxpayers.

I have said this before. The acknowledged federal debt (21 trillion dollars) is unpayable. The proposed federal spending for the next several years is financially unsupportable. The student loan debt will never be paid. The personal debt in our country cannot be paid. The unfunded liabilities for our government (over 100 trillion dollars) will never be paid. One way or another, sooner or later, this system has to collapse.

So today, billions of dollars in wealth was lost. Pensions, IRA's, 401K's and personal portfolio's were hit hard. Most of this is personal assets for average Americans. So, is this it? Who knows? There may be future rallies followed by future sell-offs. We don't know exactly when the end of the dollar will come. We do know it will come and probably sooner than later.

Stocks went into free fall on Monday, and the Dow plunged almost 1,600 points -- easily the biggest point decline in history during a trading day.

Buyers charged back in and limited the damage, but at the closing bell the Dow was still down 1,175 points, by far its worst closing point decline on record.

The drop amounted to 4.6% -- the biggest decline since August 2011, during the European debt crisis. But it was nowhere close to the destruction on Black Monday in 1987 or the financial crisis of 2008. Still, for investors lulled to sleep by the steady upward climb since Election Day, it was alarming.

The White House said through a spokesman that "markets do fluctuate in the short term," but it stressed that the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

The trouble in the market began early last week, when investors focused on a number of lingering concerns.

If the economy gets much stronger, it could touch off inflation, which has been mysteriously missing for the nine years of the post-crisis recovery. That could force the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates faster than planned.

"People are dealing with the shock of seeing real inflation for the first time in a while," said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank.

The sell-off wiped out the Dow and S&P 500 gains for the year, and left the Nasdaq barely in positive territory for 2018.

Related: Market mayhem puts Trump in a tough spot

Investors have also been nervously watching the bond market, where yields have been creeping higher. As yields rise, bonds offer better returns, which makes them more attractive to investors compared with risky stocks.

Stocks sank throughout the day, then went off a cliff in the final hour of trading. The Dow was down 800 points at 3 p.m. Within minutes, it was down 900, 1,000 -- and then 1,500 points. At its low, the Dow was down 1,597 points, before buyers rushed in and limited the decline.

The Nasdaq slumped more than 2%, quickly turned positive, then sank again. It finished down almost 4%. The S&P 500, a broader gauge of the market than the Dow, declined more than 4%.

The plunge pushed stocks closer to what's called a correction, or a 10% decline from their most recent high point. The S&P 500 is down almost 8% from its all-time high.

"Take a deep breath," said Garcia-Amaya. "I know it's been a while since we had a day like today, but nothing has really changed from a fundamental standpoint."

The market started 2018 with a bang, but last week was the worst on Wall Street in two years. The selling gathered steam on Friday when the Dow plunged 666 points, or 2.5%, at the time its worst day since the Brexit mayhem of June 2016. Nearly $1 trillion of market value was erased from the S&P 500 last week.

"You had a market that was overbought and ripe for something to undermine its tranquility," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Capital.

The VIX volatility index, a measure of market turbulence, skyrocketed a record 116% on Monday to the highest level since August 24, 2015, the last time the Dow plunged 1,000 points in a day. The spike signifies how calm Wall Street had been -- and how unprepared the markets were for trouble.

CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index is flashing "fear," underlining a major shift in market sentiment from a week ago when it was sitting in "extreme greed."

The Russell 2000, an index of smaller stocks that have heavy exposure to the U.S. economy, turned negative for 2018 for the first time.

"Valuations got stretched and that led to a cascading effect today," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research. "The market has to correct itself -- a resetting of the dials -- before this bull market can continue."

Related: Good news for Main Street is freaking out Wall Street

Investors' main concern is the sell-off in the bond market. The 10-year Treasury yield, which moves opposite price, spiked to a four-year high of 2.85% on Friday. It's a dramatic swing from 2.4% at the start of 2018. Higher yields could make normally boring bonds look more attractive when compared with risky stocks.

The U.S. economy is healthy. Friday's jobs report showed that wages grew at the fastest pace since 2009. That's a welcome shift by workers who have been dealing with anemic raises for years.

Has your paycheck gotten bigger thanks to the new tax bill? Will it make a difference? If so, what will you do with the extra money? Tell us about it here.

However, Wall Street is starting to get worried that the "goldilocks" environment of slow growth and mysteriously low inflation may be ending. Besides the fear of faster inflation and interest-rate increases, more robust wage gains could eat into record-high corporate profits.

No matter the cause, the stock market was long overdue to take a breather. Before Friday, the S&P 500 had gone the longest stretch ever without a 3% pullback. Now the S&P 500's record-long period without a 5% retreat is in jeopardy.

Related: This is why the Dow is plunging

While they can be scary, market pullbacks prevent stocks from overheating and give investors who were stuck on the sideline a chance to get in. Janet Yellen, who just stepped down as Fed chief, told PBS on Friday that she still believes "asset valuations generally are elevated."

Despite the recent turmoil, the Dow remains up almost 40% since President Trump's election. The robust performance has been driven by strong corporate profits, healthy economic growth and excitement about the Republican tax cut for businesses.

Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group urged calm.

"Take a deep breath," the firm wrote in a research note on Friday. "For those investors that may have forgotten, this is what a market decline feels like."

The question is whether the market retreat deepens or whether investors buy at the dip, a mentality that has supported stocks for months.

"The fundamentals of the economy remain quite strong," said Janney's Luchini. "It's hard to make the case for why we should be down more than 10% -- unless we encounter negative economic news."

Key Bank's McCain agrees. "We believe this is not the beginning of the end and a tilt towards a bear market. It's premature for that," he said.

Wells Fargo suffered some of the worst of the selling on Monday. The No. 2 U.S. bank plunged 9% after unprecedented sanctions were handed down by the Fed late Friday.

--CNN's Liz Landers contributed to this report.

POSTED FEBRUARY 2, 2018

YES. WE ARE RULED BY CROOKS. NOW WHAT?

I don't know how many times we have to have confirmation that we are, indeed, ruled by crooks, but today, there is one more. President Trump finally released the long anticipated, FISA memo. It validates what most of us already knew. The FBI lied to the FISA court in order to get permission to spy on Trump and those who worked for him. It was authorized 3 times by FBI director James Comey and other officials from the FBI and Justice department. The basis of the FISA application was the so-called Trump dossier, which was indirectly funded by the Clinton campaign. The whole memo has been posted below.

The crimes committed by those in power go back decades. We cannot even remember all of them. What crimes the FBI didn't commit, they covered up. It goes on and on. What doesn't go on and on, is any of these crooks going to jail. So, now there are more investigations. Of course, they WILL go on and on. I'll make a prediction. Just like Watergate, those in power will throw a few underlings to the wolves. A few may even “commit suicide”. Nothing will happen to Hillary or Obama or any of the others that were in the highest levels of government. The FBI will be “reformed” and will continue to do business as usual.

We are running out of options. We are asked to trust in a system run by crooks to investigate themselves and get justice for those whom they serve. It will never happen. If it were to happen, it would have happened by now. As we stand on the precipice of an economic collapse and the possibility of World War 3, a solution is in the offing and no, it won't be good.

When this story first came out, I thought it sounded weird. We have a chartered train full of Republican Congressmen crashing into a garbage truck stuck on a track in West Virginia. Most of us would have a lot of questions. What sent my antenna up was the refusal by authorities and the mediawhores to cover the story or answer any questions. This is starting to sound like 911 or the Kennedy assassination all over again. Already, instead of giving a full disclosure, we are beginning to be met with the standard name-calling. You're a “conspiracy theorist”, “tin foil hat”, “nutball”.

O.K. If that's the case, it is easy to put these “theories” to rest. Here are some of the questions:1) If the train engineer was warned in advance, that would indicate the truck was on the track for an extended length of time. Why didn't the 2 people in the truck get out before impact? 2) If adjacent roads were closed to traffic for the security of the Congressmen as the train came into the area, how did the garbage truck get through? 3) What are the odds of a large truck getting stuck exactly between the barriers on a track and unable to move? 4) The picture in the article appears to show the impact on the truck directly in the front, head on. If the truck was stuck on the track, why wasn't it hit broadside? 5) Why hasn't the survivor of the accident made any statement? 6) Where was the truck coming from and where was it going and who scheduled it?

No, nothing to see here and no, we never answer any questions about anything. Move on.

- 'In Politics, Nothing Happens By Accident - If It Happens, You Can Bet It Was Planned That Way' By Stefan Stanford - All News Pipeline - Live Free Or Die

While some argue the quote "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way" allegedly made by Franklin D. Roosevelt was never said by him, all across the internet a connection was made yesterday between the forthcoming release of the FISA memo and Wednesday's Virginia train crash as Republicans and their families made their way to a retreat in West Virginia.

And while the retreat had long been planned and a yearly occurrence and not 'Republicans suddenly escaping to the underground bunker' that just happens to be at the Greenbrier Resort as some people thought might be happening, as we hear in the final video below titled "How Hillary Crashes Cars And Planes", it's well within the 'deep states' power to suddenly stall a garbage truck on train tracks in Virginia or any place else for that matter.

In fact as we learn in that video, Hillary Clinton and the 'Rose Law Firm' in Arkansas are directly tied to the patent and company that create the QRS-11, the 'backdoor' in every moving vehicle that allows 'stealth assassinations' to be ruled as 'accidents'.

While the mainstream media truth-distorting apparatus quickly lashed out at all of the 'conspiracy theories' that were going viral across the internet about the crash and the possibility that we were witnessing a 'deep state hit' upon Republican members of Congress even making its way into Facebook's trending news section, even the Washington Post reported back on March 8th of 2017 that the CIA had the ability to hack into and crash cars with this stunning line within the first paragraph of their story: the agency has looked into hacking cars, which WikiLeaks asserts could be used to carry out “nearly undetectable assassinations.”

And while that would be old news to people who followed what happened back in 2013 to journalist Michael Hastings, the number of people who have met their untimely ends in mysterious crashes and who somehow had ties to Hillary Clinton is absolutely astounding as seen in the stupefying graphic at the bottom of this story.

As Jerome Corsi reported on WND back on August 29th of 2013, Hastings was preparing to publish a major investigative piece tied to the undercover agent who is suspected of sanitizing President Obama’s passport records prior to the 2008 presidential election. And while most of the life of Barack Obama remains hidden nearly 8 years later, something has so spooked the majority of the Democratic Party and the 'deep state' that 'creating an incident' might be the only way to take the attention off of the tidal wave that is coming.

With AOL, Vanity Fair, Vice, Salon, Media Matters, Vox, the Daily Beast and Snopes all putting out stories yesterday attempting to debunk these 'conspiracy theories' showing the kind of 'co-ordinated response' we've long seen coming from the left, we're not the least bit surprised that 'gatekeeper' Google joined them by highly promoting their attempts to debunk.

As AOL reports, according to 'conspiracy theorist' Alex Jones, the train/garbage truck crash that happened in Virginia was taken straight from the pages of a CIA hit by placing an already dead body inside of the truck and pushing it on to the tracks as we read in this Infowars story and hear in the 1st video below. As Jones asks us, what are the odds that such a crash would happen the day after President Trump's State of the Union address and soon before the forthcoming 'release of the menu'? Jones also claims this 'crash' was an attempt at a 'stealth hit' in an ongoing civil war.

The fact that even globalist gatekeeper and one-time Facebook 'arbiter of truth' Snopes got involved attempting to debunk these 'conspiracy theories' and reported that "no evidence validates claims of foul play in a train crash involving Republican members of Congress", without even doing any real investigation into the the ability of the deep state to crash planes, trains and automobiles, tells us this really may have been some kind of 'deep state hit' with a cover-up ongoing.

According to WND writer Corsi, we were just warned that such events might happen as the 'deep state' goes into full panic mode with potential false flag attacks ahead as seen in the two screenshots of recent Corsi tweets both above and below.

And while ANP is not in the position at this moment to prove that Wednesday's train crash was caused by the deep state, as we reported Wednesday prior to the crash, all eyes and ears should be wide open and Americans totally prepared for the kind of event that might be brought on by a corrupt power structure exposed before America's eyes with the release of the memo.

If US Congressman Scott Perry is correct and this memo details a 'KGB-type' power structure in America that is about to be exposed, we expect that they will continue to do everything within their power to make sure it never gets out.

In the 2nd video below our videographer talks with us about the train crash and 'Q-Anon's' recent deep state warning that Corsi tweeted about above, warning us to keep our eyes open for false flag events and assassinations.

In the last video below from the American Intelligence Media we learn about the technology behind the deep state ability to take down planes or crash cars and get away with 'stealth assassinations' that are forever swept away as 'accidents' into the 'dustbin' of history. Thanks so much to ANP reader Pine 4 Better Daze for making us aware of this video.

As we're informed, the QRS-11 is a powerful device placed in all moving vehicles including planes, cars, busses, trains, missiles, and satellites. This is an eye-opening conversation in a video that was published prior to Wednesday's train crash. They immediately begin to detail Hillary Clinton's ties to the very patent and company that creates these potentially deadly 'stealth assassination' devices. As our videographers share with us, knowing this at least allows us to know what potential dangers are being hidden from 'we the American people', technology that may have been used on Wednesday against Republican members of Congress.

POSTED JANUARY 31, 2018

SO HOW'S THAT WONDERFUL WAR IN AFGHANISTAN GOING?

It started with the Bush administration. They fought it for 8 years. Then the Obama administration fought it. That lasted another 8 years. Now the Trump administration has been fighting it for another year and guess what? Trump has promised to continue to fight it.

O.K. It's been 16 ½ years. How's it going? You guessed it --- not well. The subject article states that the U.S. backed government only controls 30% of the country. The Taliban has either substantial influence or complete control in the remaining 70%. Add to that Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of poppies used to make heroin and you have a complete and total failure.

Most Americans do not want us to be there, but “be there” we are. Our government masters say we're fighting for freedom, but there is little freedom there. Our government masters say we are fighting terrorism, but there is more terrorism there than there was when we first arrived. Meanwhile, more than 1 trillion taxpayer dollars, thousands of dead and wounded Americans and 10's of thousands of dead innocent civilians, later, the war goes on ---- all of the wars go on. If we are a nation that represents freedom, why is it we Americans have no say whatsoever, in fighting these never ending wars?

Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan, a BBC study has found.

Months of research across the country shows that the Taliban now control or threaten much more territory than when foreign combat troops left in 2014.

The Afghan government played down the report, saying it controls most areas.

But recent attacks claimed by Taliban and Islamic State group militants have killed scores in Kabul and elsewhere.

Afghan officials and US President Donald Trump have responded by ruling out any talks with the Taliban. Last year Mr Trump announced the US military would stay in the country indefinitely

The BBC research also suggests that IS is more active in Afghanistan than ever before, although it remains far less powerful than the Taliban.

How much territory do the Taliban control?

The BBC study shows the Taliban are now in full control of 14 districts (that's 4% of the country) and have an active and open physical presence in a further 263 (66%), significantly higher than previous estimates of Taliban strength.

About 15 million people - half the population - are living in areas that are either controlled by the Taliban or where the Taliban are openly present and regularly mount attacks.

"When I leave home, I'm uncertain whether I will come back alive," said one man, Sardar, in Shindand, a western district that suffers weekly attacks. "Explosions, terror and the Taliban are part of our daily life."

The extent to which the Taliban have pushed beyond their traditional southern stronghold into eastern, western and northern parts of the country is clearly visible from the BBC study.

Areas that have fallen to the Taliban since 2014 include places in Helmand province like Sangin, Musa Qala and Nad-e Ali, which foreign forces fought and died to bring under government control after US-led troops had driven the Taliban from power in 2001. More than 450 British troops died in Helmand between 2001 and 2014.

In the areas defined as having an active and open Taliban presence, the militants conduct frequent attacks against Afghan government positions. These range from large organised group strikes on military bases to sporadic single attacks and ambushes against military convoys and police checkpoints.

Media captionThe BBC gained rare access to see life under the Taliban in 2017

Attacks registered during the research period happened with varying degrees of frequency - from once in three months (low Taliban presence) to twice a week (high Taliban presence).

For the purposes of the investigation, districts controlled or held by the government are defined as having sitting representation from Kabul in the form of a district chief, police chief and courts.

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Who are the Taliban?

During the research period, the BBC study found 122 districts (just over 30% of the country) did not have an open Taliban presence. These areas are ranked as under government control, but that does not mean they were free of violence.

Kabul and other major cities, for example, suffered major attacks - launched from adjacent areas, or by sleeper cells - during the research period, as well as before and after.

What is the human cost of militant violence?

Amruddin, who runs a local transport company, lives close to the front line in Baharak district in northern Badakhshan province, where the BBC monitored violence suggesting a medium Taliban presence.

"We live with constant fear. Whenever the government side starts fighting with the Taliban, we're caught in the crossfire, bringing life to a standstill. It's quiet at the moment but the Taliban are still here."

In Taliban-controlled Sangin, father of eight Mohammad Reza, described life as "better" under the militants because there was peace.

"It only got violent when the government forces arrived."

Will I make it back home today?

Karim Haidari, BBC Afghan, Kabul

I haven't been sleeping well this week. It happens every time another tragedy hits our city. "You look old, Dad," says my seven-year-old bouncing into my bedroom to remind me it's his birthday. As if I would forget. I laugh and get up.

As I leave the house I pause to look back at my family having breakfast. Will I make it back home today? Will this be the last time I see them? We all think like this in Kabul now.

My BBC colleagues are waiting in the car. We swap news about the latest attack. One of them, a mother of two young children, starts sobbing. "Sometimes I just wish I could blow myself up to end all this. But I don't want to hurt anyone else."

We can get you counselling if it would help, I say. But she's not listening. The driver switches on the radio, to try to change the mood. A pop song comes on with nonsensical lyrics. It's just another day in Kabul. Just another day of hoping we'll all stay alive.

"People have no choice but to leave their homes, farms and orchards or stay and live with Taliban rule," Mahgul, a teacher from a northern district in Kabul province, told the BBC.

She said her family fled their village in October. They went to seek refuge in the government-controlled district centre, only for her brother to be killed there two days later by a suicide bomber.

To the west of the capital, Jamila, a mother of five, said: "Two Taliban rockets landed in our back garden last month. We live just a few hundred metres from the district chief office. It's not safe here."

During the investigation, evidence of a hike in Taliban taxation across the country was also uncovered. In districts where they are openly present, the militants force farmers, local businesses and even commercial goods convoys to pay them tax while still leaving it to the government to foot the bill for basic services such as schools and hospitals.

"They are charging people for the electricity that we supply!" one chief of a southern district reported.

The BBC's research has been reviewed by the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, which has been reporting on Afghanistan since 2009.

Co-Director Kate Clark said: "Such a well-researched investigation into the Afghan war is rare and very welcome. The findings are shocking, but unfortunately not surprising - they ring true as an accurate mapping of the extent of the conflict.

"But it is disturbing to realise that each bit of orange shading on the map translates into lives lost and damaged."

Who are the Taliban?

The hardline Islamic Taliban movement swept to power in Afghanistan in 1996 after the civil war which followed the Soviet-Afghan war, and were ousted by the US-led invasion five years later

In power, they imposed a brutal version of Sharia law, such as public executions and amputations, and banned women from public lifeMen had to grow beards and women to wear the all-covering burka; television, music and cinema were banned

They sheltered al-Qaeda leaders before and after being ousted - since then they have fought a bloody insurgency which continues todayIn 2016, Afghan civilian casualties hit a new high - a rise attributed by the UN largely to the Taliban

How bad is violence in the cities?

Violence has soared since international combat troops left Afghanistan three years ago.

More than 8,500 civilians were killed or injured in the first three-quarters of 2017, according to the UN. Final figures for the year are awaited. The vast majority of Afghans die in insurgent violence but civilians often suffer as the military, with US backing, fights back, both on the ground and from the air.

Although much of the violence goes unreported, big attacks in the cities tend to make the headlines. Such attacks are occurring with greater frequency and the Afghan security forces appear unable to stop them.

During the research period, gunmen stormed the headquarters of Kabul's Shamshad TV, leaving one staff member dead and 20 wounded. IS said it carried out the attack. There were other attacks in Kandahar, Herat and Jalalabad.

In the last 10 days of January three attacks left the capital reeling, with more than 130 people dead. Last May, Kabul experienced the deadliest single militant attack since 2001.

At least 150 people were killed and more than 300 injured when a massive truck bomb was detonated in what was supposed to be the safest part of the city. No group has said it carried out the attack.

The rising toll of violence has left the capital's residents feeling increasingly vulnerable.

How strong is the Islamic State group?

While Islamic State has shown they can hit targets in places like Kabul, they are largely confined to a relatively small stronghold on the border with Pakistan in the eastern province of Nangarhar.

During the research period at least 50 people were assassinated in the provincial capital, Jalalabad. Some of the victims were shot dead and others blown up. Three were beheaded, a hallmark of killings by IS.

"My uncle was assassinated on his doorstep," said businessman Mashriqiwal. "He was a city security official. I had to leave Jalalabad. My home is still there but it is just too dangerous to live in and go out in public."

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Local people and officials the BBC spoke to said IS now has a presence in 30 districts - not just in the east but also in places like Khanabad and Kohistanat in the north.

The group is fighting both the Afghan military and the Taliban for territorial control.

During 2017 the number of attacks attributed to the group increased, with many targeting urban centres and often Shia Muslims in sectarian attacks almost never seen before in Afghanistan's 40-year conflict.

IS does not fully control any district at present. However the group has seized parts of the northern district of Darzab, displacing hundreds of people from their homes.

How was the research carried out?

Gathering accurate and reliable data on the conflict has been getting harder since foreign combat troops pulled out and handed responsibility for security to Afghan forces.

Previous assessments of Taliban strength have not always had access to information from every district of the country, and have often carried the caveat they may have underestimated the real situation.

The BBC investigation - conducted during late 2017 - provides a rare snapshot of the security situation in every Afghan district between 23 August and 21 November.

A network of BBC reporters across Afghanistan spoke to more than 1,200 individual local sources, in every one of the country's 399 districts, to build up a comprehensive picture of all militant attacks over that period.

These conversations happened either in person or by telephone and all information was checked with at least two and often as many as six other sources. In some cases BBC reporters even went to local bus stations to find people travelling in from remote and inaccessible districts in order to double check the situation there.

How much territory does the government say it controls?

Presented with the BBC's findings, President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazavi said: "In some districts areas may change hands. But if you look at the situation this year [2017/18] the activities of the Taliban and IS have been considerably curtailed.

"The Afghan security forces have won the war in the villages. It is no longer possible for the militants to take control of a province, a major district or a highway. There's no doubt that they have changed the nature of the war and are launching attacks on Kabul, targeting mosques and bazaars."

He added: "My understanding is that the BBC report is influenced by conversations with people who may have experienced some kind of incident maybe for an hour in one day. But the activities and services provided by our local administrations across the districts show that the government is in control in the absolute majority of districts - except for a handful where the Taliban are present."

However, in an acknowledgement of how far security has deteriorated, President Trump agreed last year to deploy 3,000 more soldiers, taking the size of the US force in Afghanistan to about 14,000.

The subject of militant gains and territorial control is disputed.

On the eve of the publication of the BBC study, the US military denied trying to prevent a government watchdog from disclosing the amount of Afghan territory believed to be under the control of the Taliban. In its latest report the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar) had said it found the move troubling.

Meanwhile, there is no prospect of an end to the conflict and a new generation of Afghans live in the shadow of violence.

"My kids are not safe outside the family home so I don't let them out," said Pahlawan, a Kabul carpet seller with 13 children.

"They are basically under house arrest. I have built them a school in my warehouse. Their world is walls and carpets. Although we are in Kabul, it's like raising them in a jungle."

POSTED JANUARY 30, 2018

FLU EPIDEMIC SPREAD BY FLU SHOTS

It has always been suspected that those who get flu shots actually spread the flu. Doctors and pharmaceutical spokespersons ridicule that suspicion, but now there is a study that confirms the suspicion.

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , shows that people who receive flu shots emit 630% more flu virus particles into the air,compared to non-vaccinated individuals. No matter. The mediawhores, our government masters and the pharmaceutical cabal, spend millions of dollars to get you to spend billions of dollars in getting flu shots. For that matter, get lots and lots of shots. We don't care that they don't work. We don't care that they are dangerous. We only care that we make money --- lots of it. If you don't voluntarily agree to get these shots, we'll make it mandatory. We'll fine you. We'll arrest you. We'll take your children.

(Natural News) A bombshell new scientific study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that people who receive flu shots emit 630% more flu virus particles into the air,compared to non-vaccinated individuals. In effect, this finding documents evidence that flu vaccines spread the flu, and that so-called “herd immunity” is a medical hoax because “the herd” is actually transformed into carriers and spreaders of influenza.

Details of this bombshell study have been revealed by Sayer Ji at Green Med Info, a site that’s rapidly becoming one of the world’s most authoritative sources on intelligent analysis of real science. Green Med Info has published 500 studies that document the adverse effects (and injury) of vaccines. Find that extensive list at this link.

The study, which examined 355 volunteers who were sick with flu-like symptoms, found that people who previously received flu shots emitted sharply higher quantities of flu virus particles that can infect other people. From the study:

Fine-aerosol viral RNA was also positively associated with having influenza vaccination for both the current and prior season… We provide overwhelming evidence that humans generate infectious aerosols and quantitative data to improve mathematical models of transmission and public health interventions… Our observation of an association between repeated vaccination and increased viral aerosol generation demonstrated the power of our method, but needs confirmation.

Shockingly, people who received prior flu shot vaccinations were found to emit 6.3 times (or 630%) the number of flu virus particles emitted by non-vaccinated individuals.

This means — prepare yourself for this realization — that the most responsible way to avoid infecting other people is to AVOID being vaccinated with flu shots.

People are receive flu shots, in other words, are irresponsible spreaders of the flu. They’re the ones making other people sick, just as we’ve observed for years.

“Anti-vaxxers” are responsible citizens because they don’t shed viruses and spread disease

Also from the study:

Self-reported vaccination for the current season was associated with a trend (P < 0.10) toward higher viral shedding in fine-aerosol samples; vaccination with both the current and previous year’s seasonal vaccines, however, was significantly associated with greater fine-aerosol shedding in unadjusted and adjusted models (P < 0.01). In adjusted models, we observed 6.3 (95% CI 1.9–21.5) times more aerosol shedding among cases with vaccination in the current and previous season compared with having no vaccination in those two seasons.

In other words — just to repeat this — people who avoided vaccines spread less than 1/6th the number of flu virus particles compared to those who received flu shots. Thus, non-vaccinated people are the ones who don’t spread the flu. The “anti-vaxxers,” it turns out, are the ones protecting the children after all.

Yet to hear vaccine propagandists like Jimmy Kimmel say it, people who don’t get vaccines are very nearly “child murderers.” That’s the false narrative of the corrupt, pseudoscience vaccine industry.

Scientific evidence that the flu vaccine SPREADS the flu

These results reveal the shocking truth about flu vaccines that few have dared utter, for fear of being branded “anti-vaxxers:” Flu vaccines spread the flu. (Is it by design? We’ll cover that in a later article…)

“Clearly, if this finding is accurate and reproducible, flu vaccination may actually make you more likely to infect others,” explains Sayer Ji in his Green Med Info article. “We have been reporting on the conspicuous lack of evidence for flu vaccine effectiveness (and safety) for over a decade, based largely on the underreported failure of the Cochrane Database Review to show them effective (and safe), despite hundreds of industry-funded studies that have attempted to do so. Learn more: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/shocking-lack-evidence-supporting-flu-vacc…”

Far from the current tactic of the vaccine industry blaming non-vaccinated people for spreading disease, this study reveals why it’s actually vaccinated children and adults who keep spreading infectious disease. They are the ones “shedding” the flu virus particles that infect others! (This also explains why flu outbreaks frequently occur among children who were already vaccinated with flu shots.)

“Herd immunity” hoax collapses in the face of real science

Furthermore, the so-called “herd immunity” effect that’s often touted to push more vaccines on everyone has been exposed as a complete hoax by this study. If vaccinated people are the very ones spreading flu virus particles into the air, then the herd is spreading the flu, not preventing it.

“Herd immunity,” it turns out, actually becomes “herd multiplication” of the viral strain, since the herd is “weaponized” into flu virus spreaders. This finally explains why so many children who get infected with the flu (or measles, mumps and other infectious diseases) tend to be the very same children who were vaccinated against those diseases. The vaccines transform children into carriers of the disease, infecting others and contributing to the epidemic.

This, in turn, results in panic among the news media, which urges everyone to rush out and get vaccinated as quickly as possible. Within a few days, a second wave of infectious begins to spread, caused by the vaccine itself.

Vaccines, in other words, are self-perpetuating infectious disease spreaders. Their role in society, as currently structured, is to cause infectious disease outbreaks that create a surge in demand for vaccine sales. The media’s role is crucial in all this, as it’s the job of the media to create fear and panic among parents, then urge them to have their children vaccinated. This perpetuates the spread of the disease and sets up the entire scam for another round of outbreaks, panic and vaccine sales.

Vaccine marketing relies on vaccines spreading infectious disease

The product markets itself, in other words. While crack cocaine and heroin rely on addiction for self-perpetuating marketing, vaccines actually cause the very conditions they claim to prevent. Each outbreak then becomes another marketing push, and the cycle repeats in waves (as children are injured and killed by vaccines all across America).

To keep the medical scam going, any person who dares cite legitimate scientific findings that question the vaccine dogma of the modern medical cartel is immediately branded an “anti-vaxxer” and marginalized by the media. Thus, vaccines are never subjected to scientific scrutiny, since all science that observes effects which counter the vaccine dogma is sidelined, attacked or ignored. Only findings that support the pseudoscience vaccine narrative are “accepted” by the medical establishment, thus ensuring that no challenge to vaccine safety or effectiveness can ever see the light of day.

This is how the vaccine industry continues to carry out what has often been called a “medical holocaust” while stifling skepticism, science and critical thinking that dares point out the risks associated with widespread immunization policies.

Save lives by staying informed about the true risks associated with vaccines. Read Vaccines.news and Medicine.news for daily updates rooted in evidence-based science and medicine.

POSTED JANUARY 29, 2018

SCANDAL RIDDEN DEPUTY FBI DIRECTOR QUITS

This is nothing new. Past FBI directors have been involved in shady and downright illegal activities ever since the FBI was established. J. Edgar Hoover illegally gathered embarrassing information on a wide variety of politicians and other influential Americans. L. Patrick Gray was deeply involved in the coverup of the Watergate scandal. James Comey should be indicted for obstruction of justice in the Hillary investigation, but never will be.

That brings me to the main point. None of these people have been charged with a crime, let alone convicted and punished. Now we have the latest crook, Andrew McCabe, resigning from the FBI. A lot more will be coming out, but based on history, we know what will happen. McCabe will collect a cushy pension, courtesy of the taxpayers. He will get a cushy, do nothing job from one of his crooked friends. He will go on the “talk circuit” getting paid for giving speeches. He may even write a book. He will never get convicted of any crime.

I've said it before, but it bears repeating. We are being ruled by crooks. There is no hope of the system they control, giving the rest of us the justice to which we are entitled. They have to go --- all of them. Only then, will we have any chance of reestablishing our constitutional republic.

A bombshell report this afternoon from NBC, which is reporting that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is stepping down from the agency. This is huge news.

Here is the NBC report, via Axios:

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is stepping down, effective today, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. NBC reports that McCabe will “remain on the FBI payroll until he is eligible to retire with full benefits in mid-March.”

There were reports last month that McCabe planned to retire in the coming months. NBC’s Pete Williams notes that in addition to the distraction caused by criticism from President Trump, McCabe may be anticipating the release of an inspector general’s report on how the FBI handled the Clinton email investigation.

It can’t be stressed how important this news is. Republicans have been raising a huge fuss in recent days over the impropriety that appears to have gone on within the FBI as it was investigating Hillary Clinton’s illegal use of a private email server.

As the Axios report suggets, an inspector general’s report on the FBI’s Clinton probe is expected to be released soon. Could McCabe be trying to escape fallout from the report?

Some are speculating this resignation has big implications as it relates to the ongoing Trump-Russia investigation currently being pursued by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

What Davis is referring to is an article published earlier today alleging that McCabe deliberately set up the Trump White House to be smeared by the media on an issue related to the Russia investigation. You can check out that story here.

Share this breaking news with others now. Something stinks at the FBI!

POSTED JANUARY 26, 2018

TIME TO ABOLISH THE FBI

Actually, many of our ancestors warned against forming a National Police Force, but those who abuse power need police to enforce their will. The subject article covers the fact that the FBI is, in reality, a secret police force. There is little difference between them and the East German Stasi, Soviet KGB, or Nazi Gestapo. Any of those secret police organizations could arrest anybody for any reason and 98% of the time have them convicted of a crime.

Our FBI can tap any phone, follow any person, access anyone's private information and, in some cases, kill anyone. They have been caught many times over the years, committing crimes and almost never suffer any consequences. Today, they are involved in more criminal behavior. Don't hold your breath to see any of them going to jail.

We have hundreds of thousands of police in various jurisdictions in this country. If the FBI went away, there are plenty of honest law enforcement people to fill the gap. If the FBI went away, the crime rate may actually go down and yes, our government masters will never let go of this national police force.

Politifact delivered a “pants on fire” slam to Fox News on Friday because one of its commentators asserted that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “has become America's secret police.” The FBI has legions of new champions nowadays among liberals and Democrats who hope that its probes will end Donald Trump’s presidency. This is a stunning reversal that may have J. Edgar Hoover spinning in his grave.

In order to boost the credibility of the FBI’s investigations of the Trump team, much of the media is whitewashing the bureau’s entire history. But the FBI has been out of control almost since its birth.

A 1924 American Civil Liberties Union report warned that the FBI had become “a secret police system of a political character.” In the 1930s, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court feared that the FBI had bugged the conference room where justices privately wrangled over landmark cases, as Tim Weiner noted in his “Enemies: A History of the FBI.” In 1945, President Harry Truman noted that “We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. FBI is tending in that direction.” And FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover compiled a list of 20,000 “potentially or actually dangerous” Americans who could be rounded up and locked away in one of the six detention camps the federal government secretly built in the 1950s.

From 1956 through 1971, the FBI’s COINTELPRO program conducted thousands of covert operations to incite street warfare between violent groups, to get people fired, to smear innocent people by portraying them as government informants, to sic the IRS on people, and to cripple or destroy left-wing, communist, white racist, antiwar, and black organizations (including Martin Luther King Jr.). These operations involved vast numbers of warrantless wiretaps and illicit break-ins and resulted in the murder of some black militants. A Senate Committee chaired by liberal Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) issued a damning report on FBI abuses of power that should be mandatory reading for anyone who believes the bureau deserves deference today.

According to Politifact, the FBI is not a “secret police agency” because “the FBI is run by laws, not by whim.” But we learned five years ago that the FBI explicitly teaches its agents that “the FBI has the ability to bend or suspend the law to impinge on the freedom of others.” No FBI official was fired or punished when that factoid leaked out because this has been the Bureau’s tacit code for eons. Similarly, an FBI academy ethics course taught new agents that subjects of FBI investigations have "forfeited their right to the truth." Are liberals so anxious to get Trump that they have swept under the rug the 2015 Washington Post bombshell about false FBI trial testimony that may have sentenced 32 innocent people to death?

Politifact absolved the bureau because “The FBI doesn’t torture or carry out extrajudicial executions.” Tell that to the Branch Davidians — 80 of whom died after the FBI assaulted their ramshackle home with tanks and pyrotechnic devices and collapsed much of the building on their headseven before fires burst out.

Politifact quotes a professor who asserts that “any use of unnecessary violence (by the FBI) would be met with the full force of the criminal law."Is that why an internal FBI report claimed that every one of the 150 shootings by FBI agents between 1993 and 2011 was faultless?

FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi gunned down Vicki Weaver in 1992 as she stood in her Idaho cabin doorway holding her baby. After I accused the FBI of a coverup in a Wall Street Journal oped, FBI chief Louis Freeh denounced me for twisting the truth. But after a confidential Justice Department report leaked out revealing the FBI’s deceits and unconstitutional rules of engagement, the feds paid a $3 million wrongful death settlement to the Weaver family. When an

Idaho County sought to prosecute the FBI sniper, the Justice Department invoked the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution to torpedo the case.

Politifact asserts that “just because the FBI sometimes operates in secret does not mean that it’s a ‘secret police.’" But the FBI’s secrecy is profoundly skewing American politics. More than a year after the 2016 election, Americans still have no idea the true extent of the FBI's manipulation of the presidential campaign. Did the FBI wrongfully absolve Hillary Clinton on the email server issue? What role did the FBI have in financing or exploiting the Steele dossier? Will we ever learn the full truth?

The so-called fact checkers insists that any comparison of the FBI and KGB is “ridiculous” because the FBI is “subject to the rule of law and is democratically accountable.” But there is little or no accountability when few members of Congress have the courage to openly criticize or vigorously cross-examine FBI officials. House Majority Leader Hale Boggs admitted in 1971 that Congress was afraid of the FBI: “Our very fear of speaking out (against the FBI) ... has watered the roots and hastened the growth of a vine of tyranny ... which is ensnaring that Constitution and Bill of Rights which we are each sworn to uphold.” The FBI is currently scorning almost every congressional attempt at oversight. Thus far, members of Congress have responded with nothing except press releases and talk show bluster.

Politifact repeatedly scoffs at the notion that the FBI is “a secret police agency such as the old KGB.” And since the FBI is not as bad as the KGB, let’s mosey along and pretend no good citizen has a right to complain. A similar standard could exonerate any American president who was not as bad as Stalin.

In the 1960s, some conservatives adorned their cars with “Support Your Local Sheriff” bumper stickers. How long until we see Priuses with “Support Your Secretive All-Powerful Federal Agents” bumper stickers? But those who forget or deny past oppression help forge new shackles for the American people.

James Bovard is a USA Today columnist and the author of 10 books, including “Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty” (St. Martin’s Press, 1994).

POSTED JANUARY 25, 2018

MUST ALLOW THE FOX TO INSPECT THE HENHOUSE

In the midst of a huge scandal showing the FBI and other elements of the justice department plotted to prevent Trump from becoming President then worked to find a way to remove him after he became President, these same people (the Justice Department) has requested the House Intelligence committee not release an incriminating memo until the FBI has a chance to review it.

Can it be any more obvious? Those who are involved in criminal behavior get the right to evaluate evidence against them? Then they use the standby argument, “National Security”. I'm sorry FBI and I'm sorry Justice Department, nobody believes you anymore. Nobody trusts you anymore. Yes, there is a threat to the security of this nation. It is you. Here's hoping that by some miracle, those crooks who have wormed their way into power, find the inside of a prison very soon.

NOTE: The following article has been updated to more accurately reflect the Justice Department’s overall position on the FISA memo and the agency’s desire for the FBI to review its contents. In relation to the information laid out in the memo, ABC News reported, “the department said certain allegations of impropriety are completely unfounded.” However, after reading the leaked letter obtained by The Atlantic’s Natasha Bertrand, nowhere does the Justice Department’s Stephen Boyd directly state allegations in the memo are unfounded, rather the Trump appointee says the agency is “unaware” of any wrongdoing related to the document. ABC News’ story did not include the letter and appears to have editorialized Boyd’s statement on the veracity of the memo.

JUST IN: DOJ's Stephen Boyd has sent a letter to @DevinNunes saying release of *the memo* without review by DOJ/FBI would be "extraordinarily reckless." Says the memo purports to be based on "classified source materials that neither you nor most of" the committee "have seen."

5:59 PM - Jan 24, 2018

The Sessions Justice Department is calling on House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) to allow the FBI to review the “shocking,” FISA abuse memo to ensure its release will not harm national security.

ABC News reports:

The Justice Department is urging the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, whose staff has compiled a secret memorandum purporting to show “shocking” political bias within the FBI, to give the department a chance to see the memo and warning that first sharing information from the memo with reporters would be “unprecedented” and dangerous.

Furthermore, the department said certain allegations of impropriety are completely unfounded.

“We believe it would be extraordinarily reckless for the Committee to disclose such information publicly without giving the Department and the FBI the opportunity to review the memorandum and to advise the [committee] of the risk of harm to national security and to ongoing investigations that could come from the public release,” a top Justice Department official wrote in a letter today to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California. “Indeed, we do not understand why the Committee would possibly seek to disclose classified and law enforcement sensitive information without first consulting with the relevant members of the Intelligence Community.”

While on the face on it, the Justice Department’s request is both logical and prudent. However, once in possession of the memo, which is likely to expose the role of top level FBI and Justice Department officials in using the Steele dossier to obtain FISA spy warrants, what do you think bureau officials will do? Wage a fierce PR campaign against it and the Republican lawmakers who demand the memo to be released.

Least we forget, during an appearance on CNN‘s morning show “New Day” Friday, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) told host Chris Cuomo that the “essence” of the “shocking,” FISA abuse memo centers around whether or not the FBI and Justice Department provided false information to the FISA court for the purpose of obtaining spy warrants.

After millions of Americans called on Congress to release the memo, Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) announced Saturday that the process has begun.

Dave Joyce

POSTED JANUARY 24, 2018

Dollar Plunges Most In 10 Months - Worst Start To A Year Since 1987

Is the dollar collapsing? Of course it is, but this sort of thing doesn't happen over night. In examining the rise and fall of other fiat currencies, one would see that they show many signs of weakness before they collapse altogether. Our currency, the dollar, has steadily been losing purchasing power ever since the Federal Reserve came into power in 1913. Back then gold was selling for $20.00 an ounce. You could buy a very nice suit for $20.00. Today, Gold is selling for $1362.00 an ounce. It would take that much to buy a very nice suit today.

That represents a slow collapse in the dollar where it takes so many more of them to buy the same things. Today, the dollar fell another 3.2%. That means if you had a $100 bill in your wallet yesterday, it is only worth $96.80 today. Now we don't see that result immediately, but as the buying power goes down, the prices have to go up. On the other end, the official price of gold went up $21.20 today --- more dollars to buy the same one ounce of gold.

In the long run ---and it may not be that long--- our foreign trading partners may be becoming less and less inclined to accept dollars as its' value declines. As that happens, the public themselves, may begin to reject accepting those green pieces of paper. That's when the collapse will be complete.

After showing some stability for a few days, Mnuchin's comments extended the plunge that began when The Fed hiked rates in December...

This is the lowest for the dollar since Dec 2014...

It's notable how the broad dollar indexes tend to stay within the upper and lower Bollinger Bands, which are two standard deviations above/below the 20-day moving average. So the fact the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index is testing the lower band this morning suggests the weakness may not get too much worse today.

That doesn't necessarily mean it's a good time to go long. For one thing, that lower band is pointing decisively downward, so there's no reason to expect it to cause a rebound in the near future. For another, simply going long following breaches of the lower band and shorting breaches of the upper band has been just about the worst technical strategy this year, according to Bloomberg's backtest function.

Let's see if it holds above that lower band today. If there was ever a time to suspect the lower band won't hold, it's probably the day the U.S. administration seems to have officially rejected a strong-dollar policy.

POSTED JANUARY 23, 2018

Destroying, Suppressing Evidence Is FBI Standard Procedure

It was just yesterday that I wrote about the pathological lying on the part of our government masters. Then, today, here comes this article on the FBI. This is supposed to be the highest law enforcement agency in the country. Instead, it is the highest law breaking organization in the country. The only difference is you and I go to jail when we break the law. Those in the FBI who engage in law breaking get promotions and awards.

Our ancestors warned about the dangers of forming a national police force. Maybe the lawmakers of that day should have listened.

Congressional investigators were rocked this weekend when the FBI notified them that five months of text messages from a top FBI investigator into the Trump campaign’s Russian connections had mysteriously vanished.

The FBI-issued cell phone of Peter Strzok, whose previous texts to his mistress (also an FBI employee) showed fierce hostility to Trump, suddenly had problems due to “software upgrades” and other issues — and voila — all the messages between the two from Dec. 14, 2016, to May 17, 2017 vanished. Strzok, who oversaw the Trump investigation from its start in July 2016, was removed from Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation last summer after the Justice Department Inspector General discovered his anti-Trump texts.

Stephen Boyd, the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, notified a Senate committee that “data that should have been automatically collected and retained for long-term storage and retrieval was not collected.” The missing texts could have obliterated the remnants of credibility of the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign.

Conservatives are caterwauling about the vanished evidence but this type of tactic has long been standard procedure for the FBI. Acting FBI chief Patrick Gray was forced to resign in 1973 after it was revealed that he had burned incriminating evidence from the White House in his fireplace shortly after the Watergate break-in by Nixon White House “plumbers.” Gray claimed he was resigning to preserve the “reputation and integrity” of the FBI — but that hasn’t worked out so well.

The FBI has a long history of “losing” evidence that would tarnish its halo. And for most of the agency’s history, judges and Congress have let the FBI sweep its dirt under the rug.

In the Ruby Ridge case, when an FBI sniper gunned down an Idaho mother holding her baby in 1992, the chief of the FBI’s Violence Crimes division was sent to prison for destroying evidence. When a Senate committee held hearings three years later, four FBI agents took the Fifth Amendment rather than tell the incriminating truth about their activities on the Ruby Ridge case. A subsequent Senate report concluded that the five successive FBI reports of internal investigations of the episode "are variously contradictory, inaccurate, and biased. They demonstrate a reluctance on the part of the FBI initially to take the incidents at Ruby Ridge seriously.” Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-Wis.) complained, "I would be asked by the FBI to believe (Ruby Ridge) was almost a model of (good) conduct. The conclusion, is drawn, from ... all the people we've heard, that no one did anything wrong of significance or consequence."

The FBI suppressed mounds of evidence regarding its final assault on the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, on April 19, 1993. The FBI had always vehemently denied that it had any blame for a fire that killed nearly 80 people; six years after the attack, investigators found pyrotechnic rounds the FBI fired into the building before the conflagration erupted. Attorney General Janet Reno lashed out at the FBI for destroying her credibility.

Newsweek reported that, according to a senior FBI official, “as many as 100 FBI agents and officials may have known about” the military-style explosive devices used by the FBI at Waco, despite Reno’s and the FBI’s repeated denials that such devices were used. The FBI deceived Congress and a federal judge by withholding information that it had six closed-circuit television cameras monitoring the Davidians’ home throughout the siege. The resulting films could have the key information that could resolve the major issues of Waco but the FBI withheld the tapes for years, until they were impounded by U.S. marshals.

FBI evidence shenanigans destroyed the prosecution of Cliven Bundy, the Nevadan rancher who was involved in a high-profile standoff with federal agents in 2014. The feds charged the Bundy family with conspiracy in large part because the ranchers summoned militia to defend them after they claimed that FBI snipers had surrounded their ranch. Justice Department lawyers scoffed at this claim in prior trials involving the standoff but newly-released documents confirm that snipers were in place prior to the Bundy’s call for help. Federal judge Gloria Navarro slammed the FBI last month for withholding key evidence in the case.

Evidence disposal is no problem for politically-favored targets of FBI investigation.

A month before the 2016 election, Americans learned that the FBI agreed to destroy the laptops of top Hillary Clinton aides after a limited examination of their contents (including a promise not to examine any emails or content after January 31, 2015) in its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Four Republican congressional committee chairmen complained to Attorney General Lynch that the FBI agreement was " simply astonishing given the likelihood that evidence on the laptops would be of interest to congressional investigators.” The FBI shrugged off the Clinton team’s subsequent use of bleachbit software to erase thousands of her emails. Jeff Sessions, who was then a U.S. senator and is now Attorney General, condemned the FBI’s behavior as “breathtaking:”

“I really don’t see how Congress can issue a subpoena for records and they then destroy those records. I am telling you that every business knows that if they get a subpoena for business records, and they destroy those records, they are subject to criminal prosecution and will be prosecuted.”

Will the FBI face any consequences for its latest lost evidence debacle? In our high-tech era, it is no longer necessary to toss damning evidence into a fireplace. “Software upgrades” sounds so innocuous that only conspiracy theorists could wonder about missing smoking guns. But the FBI is no closer to being compelled to operate openly than when Patrick Gray ignited those White House files.

POSTED JANUARY 22, 2018

U.S. PLEDGES NOT TO INTERVENE IN IRAN'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Oh, you didn't hear that? Actually, it was a pledge made by the U.S. government January 19, 1981 in the Algiers Accord.

We've got a of problems in the international theater and they get worse by the day. One thing that we can't get away from is the double crossing that has become commonplace in our government's relations with other States. Simply put, our government can't be trusted. This example is only one of many. Last week, I covered how our government double crossed both Turkey and the Kurds. Now both of them are fighting using U.S. weapons. Our President has promised to void the P5 plus one treaty with Iran. Our government promised not expand NATO to the former Eastern Soviet republics, then double crossed Russia. Treaty after treaty – promise after promise --- lie after lie. That's what our friends and enemies alike have to contend with in their relations with us.

As if that weren't bad enough, our government masters don't limit their lies to other nations. They continually lie to us. The joke is “How can you tell a politician is lying” --- you know the rest. Sooner or later they are either going to see us all in poverty or killed in a nuclear war. The only thing we can count on with these people is that they lie. They lie all the time.

This week marks the 37th anniversary of a pledge made by the United States in 1981:

The United States pledges that it is and from now on will be the policy of the United States not to intervene, directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in Iran’s internal affairs.”

This week also marks 37 continuous years of the United States failing to uphold its pledge: the 1981 Algiers Accords.

Just how many people have heard of the 1981 Algiers Accords, a bilateral treaty signed on January 19, 1981 between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran? Chances are, not many. Just as chances are that not many are fully aware of what actually led to the signing of this treaty.

Following the success of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew the Shah, America’s strongman in Iran, plans were made to topple the new government in Tehran. In 1980, under the Carter administration, the United States began clandestine radio broadcasts into Iran from Egypt. The broadcasts called for Khomeini’s overthrow and urged support for Shahpur Bakhtiar[i], the last prime minister under the Shah. Other plans included the failed Nojeh coup plot as well as plans for a possible American invasion of Iran using Turkish bases[ii].

The new Revolutionary government in Iran, with a look to the past and the 1953 British-CIA coup d’état that overthrew the Mossadegh government and reinstalled the Shah, had good reason to believe that the United States was planning to abort the revolution in its nascent stages. Fearful, enthusiastic students took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took the diplomats as hostages in order to prevent such plans from fruition.

These events led to the negotiation and conclusion the Algiers Accords, point 1 of which was the pledge by the United States not to intervene in Iran’s internal affairs in any way. The Algiers Accords brought about the release of the American hostages and established the Iran–U.S. Claims Tribunal (“Tribunal”) at The Hague, the Netherlands. The Tribunal ruled consistently “the Declarations were to be interpreted in accordance with the process of interpretation set out in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.”[iii] ([*])

A pledge on paper only

A pledge is only as valid and worthy as the person making it. From the onset, the United States failed to uphold its own pledge. For instance, starting in 1982, the CIA provided $100,000 a month to a group in Paris called the Front for the Liberation of Iran. The group headed by Ali Amini who had presided over the reversion of Iranian oil to foreign control after the CIA-backed coup in 1953[iv]. Additionally, America provided support to two Iranian paramilitary groups based in Turkey, one of them headed by General Bahram Aryana, the former Shah’s army chief with close ties to Bakhtiar [v].

In 1986, the CIA went so far as to pirate Iran’s national television network frequency to transmit an address by the Shah’s son, Reza Pahlavi, over Iranian TV in which he vowed: “I will return,”[vi]. The support did not end there. Pahlavi had C.LA. funding for a number of years in the eighties which stopped with the Iran-Contra affair. He was successful at soliciting funds from the emir of Kuwait, the emir of Bahrain, the king of Morocco, and the royal family of Saudi Arabia, all staunch U.S. allies[vii].

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In late 2002, Michael Ledeen joined Morris Amitay, vice-president of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs; ex-CIA head James Woolsey; former Reagan administration official Frank Gaffney; former senator Paul Simon; and oil consultant Rob Sobhani to set up a group called the Coalition for Democracy in Iran (CDI)[viii]. In spite of his lack of charisma as a leader, in May, 2003, Michael Ledeen wrote a policy brief for the American Enterprise Institute Web site arguing that Pahlavi would make a suitable leader for a transitional government, describing him as “widely admired inside Iran, despite his refreshing lack of avidity for power or wealth.”[ix]

In August 2003, the Pentagon issued new guidelines – All meetings with Iranian dissidents had to be cleared with Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith. Reza Pahlavis’ name was included in the list of contacts that had been meeting with Pentagon analysts[x].

Concurrent with this direct interference, and in the following decade, Washington concentrated its efforts into putting a chokehold on the Iranian economy. A provision of the Algiers Accords was that “the United States will revoke all trade sanctions which were directed against Iran in the period November 4, 1979, to date.” Embargoes and sanctions became the norm. Failing to interfere in Iran’s domestic affairs in order to topple the Islamic Republic through economic hardship, the United States once again turned up pressure through broadcasts and direct support for dissidents and terrorists – in conjunction with economic sanctions.

This stranglehold was taking place while concurrently, and in violation of the Algiers Accords, the CIA front National Endowment for Democracy was providing funds to various groups, namely “Iran Teachers Association” (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,2001, 2002, 2003); The Foundation for Democracy in Iran (FDI founded in 1995 by Kenneth R. Timmerman, Peter Rodman, Joshua Muravchik, and American intelligence officials advocating regime change in Iran), National Iranian American Council (NIAC) 2002, 2005, 2006), and others[xi].

Funds from NED to interfere in Iran continued after the signing of the JCPOA. The 2016 funding stood at well over $1m.

In September 2000, Senators openly voiced support for the MEK Terror group Mojahedin-e-khalgh. Writing for The New Yorker, Connie Bruck revealed that: “Israel is said to have had a relationship with the M.E.K at least since the late nineties, and to have supplied a satellite signal for N.C.RI. broadcasts from Paris into Iran.”[xii]. Perhaps their relationship with Israel and their usefulness explain why President Bush accorded the group ‘special persons status’[xiii].

(From left to right: Maryam Rajavi, former leader of the MEK and current leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran talks with Rudy Giuliani and Senator Joe Lieberman at the free Iran Gathering, July 1, 2017. (Maryam Rajavi/Flickr)

During the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, the terrorist group got protection from the U.S. troops in Iraq despite getting pressure from the Iraqi government to leave the country (CNN[xiv]). In 2005, “a Farsi-speaking former CIA officer says he was approached by neoconservatives in the Pentagon who asked him to go to Iran and oversee “MEK [Mujahideen-e Khalq] cross-border operations” into Iran.”

Moreover, according to Pakistani Intelligence, the United States secretly used yet another terrorist group – the Jundallah, stage a series of deadly attacks against Iran. The United States seems to have a soft spot for terrorists.

In addition to CIA funding and covert operations with help from terrorists, the United States actively used radio broadcasts into Iran to stir up unrest including Radio Farda and VOA Persian. It comes as no surprise then that the recipient of NED funds, NIAC, should encourage such broadcasts. Also, the BBC “received significant” sum of money from the U.S. government to help combat the blocking of TV and internet services in countries including Iran and China.”

It is crucial to note that while the United States was conducting secret negotiations with Iran which led to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA), the MEK was delisted as a foreign terror organization. This provides them with the legitimacy to write opinion pieces in leading American papers.

Also important to note that during the JCPOA negotiations, in which the United States participated as a party to an agreement, it was busy flouting the Treaty with its broadcasts into Iran – apparently, without objection. But the violation was not limited to broadcasts. Item B of the Treaty’s preamble states:

Through the procedures provided in the declaration relating to the claims settlement agreement, the United States agrees to terminate all legal proceedings in United States courts involving claims of United States persons and institutions against Iran and its state enterprises, to nullify all attachments and judgments obtained therein, to prohibit all further litigation based on such claims, and to bring about the termination of such claims through binding arbitration. “

Unsurprisingly, the U.S. again failed to keep its pledge and a partisan legislation allocated millions for the former hostages.

Clearly, the United States felt bound by the Treaty for it recognized Point 2 of the Algiers Accords when in January 2016 Iran received its funds, frozen by America, in a settlement at the Hague. Perhaps for no other reason than to pacify Iran post JCPOA while finding the means to re-route Iran’s money back into American hands.

It would require a great deal of time and verse to cite every instance and detail of United States of America’s violation of a Treaty, of its pledge, for the past 37 years. But never has its attitude been more brazen in refusing to uphold its pledge and its open violation of international law than when President Trump openly voiced his support for protests in Iran and called for regime change. The U.S. then called an emergency UNSC meeting on January 5, 2018, to demand that the U.N. interfere in Iran’s internal affairs.

America’s history clearly demonstrates that it has no regard for international law and treaties. Its pledge is meaningless. International law is a tool for America that does not apply to itself. This is a well-documented fact – and perhaps none has realized this better than the North Korean leader – Kim Jong-un. But what is inexplicable is the failure of Iranians to address these violations.

Top Photo | U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, (left), shakes the hand of Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Ben Yahia, after the signing of the formal agreement between the United States and Iran to Free the American hostages, at the Foreign Ministry in Algiers, on Jan. 19, 1981. (AP Photo)

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich is an independent researcher and writer with a focus on US foreign policy and the role of lobby groups in influencing US foreign policy. She is a peace activist, essayist and public speaker. Soraya has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California (USC), and has a master’s degree in Public Diplomacy – a joint program offered by USC Annenberg for Communication and USC School of International Relations. Her writings are published by various national and international websites.

[*] U.S. Treaties and Agreements | The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties defines a treaty “as an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation.”

Under United States law, however, there is a distinction made between the terms treaty and executive agreement. ” Generally, a treaty is a binding international agreement and an executive agreement applies in domestic law only. Under international law, however, both types of agreements are considered binding. Regardless of whether an international agreement is called a convention, agreement, protocol, accord, etc. https://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/guide.php?id=65)

And 2016, 2015 and so on. The subject article covers the so-called flu epidemic and the ineffective flu vaccine. I have been posting articles for some time on the ineffectiveness and dangers of vaccines. There is no evidence whatsoever, that any of these vaccines actually work, but there is a lot of evidence that vaccines can be dangerous and even life threatening. In actuality, many of the flu like symptoms are caused by a fungal infection. These types of infections come and go.

So here we are this year, where the CDC now admits that this year's flu vaccine is only 10% effective. (How do they know that?) Yesterday, I went to Walgreens and saw all kinds of posters advertising the flu shot, but I didn't see one poster telling unsuspecting consumers that the CDC says the shot doesn't work.

And that's the secret. The secret is our government masters want to keep up the facade that these vaccines save people from life threatening illnesses. The truth is they make a lot of money in selling these products. Now that many are wising up, our government masters are moving to require people to get vaccines under threat of law. Yeah, they really care!

As Doshi states, every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory samples are taken from flu patients in the US and tested in labs. Here is the kicker: only a small percentage of these samples show the presence of a flu virus.

This means: most of the people in America who are diagnosed by doctors with the flu have no flu virus in their bodies.

So they don’t have the flu.

Therefore, even if you assume the flu vaccine is useful and safe, it couldn’t possibly prevent all those “flu cases” that aren’t flu cases.

“…even the ideal influenza vaccine, matched perfectly to circulating strains of wild influenza and capable of stopping all influenza viruses, can only deal with a small part of the ‘flu’ problem because most ‘flu’ appears to have nothing to do with influenza. Every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory specimens are tested across the US. Of those tested, on average 16% are found to be influenza positive.”

“…It’s no wonder so many people feel that ‘flu shots’ don’t work: for most flus, they can’t.”

Because most diagnosed cases of the flu aren’t the flu.

So even if you’re a true believer in mainstream vaccine theory, you’re on the short end of the stick here. They’re conning your socks off.

The basic flu symptoms—cough, fever, chills, sore throat, muscle aches, weakness—can be caused by a variety of factors that have nothing to do with a flu virus.

SCANDAL TWO: In December of 2005, the British Medical Journal (online) published another shocking Peter Doshi report, which created tremors through the halls of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), where “the experts” used to tell the press that 36,000 people in the US die every year from the flu.

Here is a quote from Doshi’s report, “Are US flu death figures more PR than science?”(BMJ 2005; 331:1412):

“[According to CDC statistics], ‘influenza and pneumonia’ took 62,034 lives in 2001—61,777 of which were attributable to pneumonia and 257 to flu, and in only 18 cases was the flu virus positively identified.”

Boom.

You see, the CDC has created one overall category that combines both flu and pneumonia deaths. Why do they do this? Because they disingenuously assume that the pneumonia deaths are complications stemming from the flu.

This is an absurd assumption. Pneumonia has a number of causes.

But even worse, in all the flu and pneumonia deaths, only 18 revealed the presence of an influenza virus.

Therefore, the CDC could not say, with assurance, that more than 18 people died of influenza in 2001. Not 36,000 deaths. 18 deaths.

Doshi continued his assessment of published CDC flu-death statistics: “Between 1979 and 2001, [CDC] data show an average of 1348 [flu] deaths per year (range 257 to 3006).” These figures refer to flu separated out from pneumonia.

This death toll is obviously far lower than the old parroted 36,000 figure.

However, when you add the sensible condition that lab tests have to actually find the flu virus in patients, the numbers of flu deaths plummet even further.

In other words, it’s all promotion and hype.

“Well, uh, we used to say that 36,000 people die from the flu every year in the US. But actually, all we can prove is about 20 deaths. However, we can’t admit that, because if we did, we’d be exposing our gigantic psyop. The whole campaign to scare people into getting a flu shot would have about the same effect as warning people to carry iron umbrellas, in case toasters fall out of upper-story windows…and, by the way, we’d be put in prison for fraud.”

SCANDAL THREE: The so-called Swine Flu pandemic of 2009. This one is a real eye-opener. The CDC was caught with its pants down.

Swine Flu was hyped to the sky by the CDC. The Agency was calling for all Americans to take the Swine Flu vaccine. Remember?

The problem was, the CDC was concealing a very dirty secret.

At the time, star CBS investigative reporter, Sharyl Attkisson, was working on the Swine Flu story. She discovered that the CDC had secretly stopped counting cases of the illness—while, of course, continuing to warn Americans about its unchecked spread.

Understand that the CDC’s main job is counting cases and reporting the numbers.

What was the Agency up to?

Here is an excerpt from my 2014 interview with Sharyl Attkisson:

Rappoport: In 2009, you spearheaded coverage of the so-called Swine Flu pandemic. You discovered that, in the summer of 2009, the Centers for Disease Control, ignoring their federal mandate, [secretly] stopped counting Swine Flu cases in America. Yet they continued to stir up fear about the “pandemic,” without having any real measure of its impact. Wasn’t that another investigation of yours that was shut down? Wasn’t there more to find out?

Attkisson: The implications of the story were even worse than that. We discovered through our FOI efforts that before the CDC mysteriously stopped counting Swine Flu cases, they had learned that almost none of the cases they had counted as Swine Flu was, in fact, Swine Flu or any sort of flu at all! The interest in the story from one [CBS] executive was very enthusiastic. He said it was “the most original story” he’d seen on the whole Swine Flu epidemic. But others pushed to stop it [after it was published on the CBS News website] and, in the end, no [CBS television news] broadcast wanted to touch it. We aired numerous stories pumping up the idea of an epidemic, but not the one that would shed original, new light on all the hype. It was fair, accurate, legally approved and a heck of a story. With the CDC keeping the true Swine Flu stats secret, it meant that many in the public took and gave their children an experimental vaccine that may not have been necessary.

—end of interview excerpt—

I’ll add a few details. It was routine for doctors all over America to send blood samples from patients they’d diagnosed with Swine Flu, or the “most likely” Swine Flu patients, to labs for testing. And overwhelmingly, those samples were coming back with the result: not Swine Flu, not any kind of flu.

That was the big secret. That’s what the CDC was hiding. That’s why they stopped reporting Swine Flu case numbers. That’s what Attkisson had discovered. That’s why she was shut down.

But it gets even worse.

Because about three weeks after Attkisson’s findings were published on the CBS News website, the CDC, obviously in a panic, decided to double down. If one lie is exposed, tell an even bigger one. A much bigger one.

Here, from a November 12, 2009, WebMD article is the CDC’s response: “Shockingly, 14 million to 34 million U.S. residents — the CDC’s best guess is 22 million — came down with H1N1 swine flu by Oct. 17 [2009].” (“22 million cases of Swine Flu in US,” by Daniel J. DeNoon).

Are your eyeballs popping? They should be.

In the summer of 2009, the CDC secretly stops counting Swine Flu cases in America, because the overwhelming percentage of lab tests from likely Swine

Flu patients shows no sign of Swine Flu or any other kind of flu.

There is no Swine Flu epidemic.

Then, the CDC estimates there are 22 MILLION cases of Swine Flu in the US.

So now…when health officials begin waving red flags and raising alarms about a current viral flu outbreak, it would be more than reasonable to demand they answer questions about their past lies and deceptions.

Unless you just want to take them at their word.

If so, good luck.

POSTED JANUARY 18, 2018

TURKEY ATTACKS KURDS AS U.S. DOUBLE-CROSSES THEM

It's the worst of all worlds. Turkey has been threatening to attack the Kurds now setting up shop in Syria. Today, the shelling began. The whole cause of this crisis is the U.S. support for a 30,000 man Kurdish army forming a de-facto country in the border area between Turkey and Syria. Turkey hates this. Syria hates this. Now, today, US Coalition spokesman Col. Ryan Dillon saidTuesday of the Syrian Kurds in Afrin, "We don't support them, we have nothing to do with them".

So here we are. The U.S. has no right to occupy another country, but has refused to leave, putting them in a potential confrontation with Russia and Syria. Turkey, once a staunch ally, has been repeatedly double-crossed by the U.S. Now they are buying weapons from Russia and are attacking U.S. allies in Syria. AND, the allies, the Kurds, who put their necks on the line in the coming war with Turkey, has just had the rug pulled out from under them by the U.S.

If the goal of U.S. foreign policy is to unite the rest of the world against us, they are succeeding. Our direct and indirect spending on the military and all these wars, is around a trillion dollars per year. Do we really need to spend that kind of money to get everyone to hate us?

Contradiction has become the norm for US foreign policy over the past many years - an observation that is clear to anyone even remotely paying attention.

On Tuesday the US State Department spokesperson was asked during the daily press briefing about the obvious contradiction inherent in US ally and NATO member Turkey shelling US-backed Kurdish forces in Afrin - the Kurdish held zone in northwest Syria near the Turkish border.

It's not the first time that a US partner force has attacked another US partner force in Syria (and then there's this Vice News headline from 2016 indicating it's sometimes gone three ways: "Three US allies are now fighting each other in northern Syria").

Thus far US military officials have sought to distance themselves from YPG (Kurdish People's Protection Units) operations in Afrin while simultaneously promising to ramp up support for the Kurdish YPG-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) throughout the rest of Northern Syria. US Coalition spokesman Col. Ryan Dillon saidTuesday of the Syrian Kurds in Afrin, "We don't support them, we have nothing to do with them" - in what was a clear case of the Pentagon trying to dance around the issue with old-fashioned double speak, pretending as if the Syrian Kurds themselves don't see "Rojava" Kurds as a single entity.

As a Pentagon spokesman recently told Defense One: "The Coalition is working jointly with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to establish and train the new Syrian Border Security Force (BSF). Currently, there are approximately 230 individuals training in the BSF’s inaugural class, with the goal of a final force size of approximately 30,000."

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said of the new US-backed Border Security Force, which obviously is to be heavily Kurdish in composition, that it is akin to the US hosting a "terror army" along Turkey's border. Erdoğan has vowed "to strangle it before it’s even born."

Meanwhile Turkey has amassed a huge invasion force to oust the YPG from Afrin Canton, and sporadic fighting and shelling is widely reported to have already begun. This as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has indicated"the Unites States will remain in Syria" while continuing to train its SDF proxies and bolster its new "Syrian Border Security Force."

Watch as Heather Nauert fumbles through a response to an excellent and obvious question: What is the US position as its NATO ally is shelling its number one ally in the fight against ISIS in Syria?...

I went to the @StateDept yesterday and asked about the contradiction of the US building a mostly-Kurdish Border Force on the Syrian border even as its NATO ally Turkey threatens to "strangle" it "before it's even born."

5:19 PM - Jan 17, 2018

Here is the exchange:

QUESTION: The Turkish military began shelling Kurdish positions in Afrin province in northern Syria. What is the U.S. position as its NATO ally is shelling the - its number one ally in the fight against ISIS in Syria?

MS NAUERT: Okay. I’m afraid I don’t have anything for you on that.

QUESTION: Can NATO--

QUESTION: Can we move on, please?

MS NAUERT: Okay. Sir?

QUESTION: So you - wait, so you are saying - does--

MS NAUERT: I don’t have a specific report on whether or not we can confirm that that has taken place. Okay.

QUESTION: Okay. Well, along the same lines, there’s also been the announcement of a border force consisting primarily of Kurdish militias allied with the U.S. and the SDF along the Syrian-Turkish border, and President Erdogan called it a terror army and said he would strangle it before it’s born. So this is another place where there’s kind of a contradiction between two U.S. allies.

MS NAUERT: Yeah.

QUESTION: So I’m just wondering if the U.S. has a position on this.

MS NAUERT: Well, Turkey is a very important and valued NATO ally. We have a lot of interactions with the Turkish Government. As you probably know, the foreign minister of Turkey is in Vancouver right now, where I believe he will be meeting or have some sort of a chat with Secretary Tillerson, or at least some of our representatives later today. So an important NATO ally.

In terms of what is going on in Syria, the United States is in Syria to defeat ISIS. Any activities that we take part in with regard to the Syrian Democratic Forces is something that’s internal only - internal only to Syria. And I say that because it is important that we defeat ISIS, that we make sure - and when I say “we,” I say that not just on behalf of the United States, but the entire coalition, the 72 or 73-member coalition - the importance of not letting ISIS take root the way that they had before and further destabilize that country. So that -what the United States is involved with with regard to the Syrian Democratic Forces or the SDF is that, to defeat ISIS. That is solely what it is for. The internal purpose is of defeating ISIS.

QUESTION: But if Turkey does indeed attack the border force, what will the U.S. do?

MS NAUERT: I’m not going to get into any kind of hypothetical like that. Okay? Thank you.

Someone should inform the State Department that this "hypothetical" is already fast becoming the new reality on the ground. But such a blatant contradiction in which a US-backed force attacks another US-backed force is nothing new in Syria, yet no less outrageous as when it began happening years ago in the Syrian conflict.

POSTED JANUARY 17, 2018

"The Whole World Is Sick And Tired Of US Foreign Policy"

This is the headline of the subject article. I would add, hopefully, that the American people are sick and tired of U.S. foreign policy. Whether you voted for Bush Jr., Obama or Trump, you did not vote for more and more wars. Each of those candidates pledged to wind down or end these wars. Each of the candidates lied and the wars go on.

Until recently, the average American pays very little attention to the wars being waged all over the middle east and Africa. Then came the false warning of an incoming missile attack heading to Hawaii. The most frightening thing is no one on the island was sure who was firing the missile. This illustrates the fact that we now have so many potential enemies, that we cannot be sure of who will attack us first.

Of course the best idea would be to bring our troops home, but because our leaders are insane, this will not happen as long as they are in charge.

According to four-star General Wesley Clark, in a 1991 meeting with Paul Wolfowitz, then-under-secretary of defense for policy at the Department of Defense, Wolfowitz seemed a little dismayed because he believed the U.S. should have gotten rid of Saddam Hussein in Operation Desert Storm but failed to do so. Clark summarized what he says Wolfowitz said:

“‘But one thing we did learn. We learned that we can use our military in the region, in the Middle East, and the Soviets won’t stop us. We’ve got about five or ten years to clean up those old Soviet client regimes, Syria, Iran, Iraq, before the next great superpower comes on to challenge us.’” [emphasis added]

This was certainly the case in the years that followed, as the United States used the pretext of 9/11 to attack both Afghanistan and Iraq with little to no substantive resistance from the international community. This trend continued as the Obama administration heavily expanded its operations into Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and even the Philippines, to name a few, right up until the U.S. led a cohort of NATO countries to impose regime change in Libya in 2011.

At the time, Russia withheld its veto power at the U.N. Security Council because it had received assurances that the coalition would not pursue regime change. After NATO forces began bombing Muammar Gaddafi’s palaces directly, a furious Vladimir Putin questioned: “Who gave NATO the right to kill Gaddafi?”

Following Gaddafi’s public execution on the streets of Sirte, Putin’s criticism of NATO’s betrayal went even further. He stated:

three countries.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also came to Iran’s aid during the protests with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, openly stating:

“Iran’s stability is important for us…We are against foreign interventions in Iran.”

At the end of last year, Erdogan stated that U.S. sanctions on Iran were not binding on Turkey as it sought to outmaneuver them. At the time, Hurriyet news quoted Erdogan as saying “[t]he world does not consist of the U.S. alone.”

America’s influential decline was most evident in Donald Trump’s recent Jerusalem debacle, which saw the Trump administration issue stern threats to the entire world, warning they needed to vote in favor of Washington’s interests at the U.N. Most of the world chose to ignore those threats and gave the United States a giant “middle finger,” so to speak, voting overwhelmingly against the Trump administration.

While Washington is more than capable of unilaterally attacking other countries both covertly and overtly with an ever depleting list of allies, what is becoming increasingly clear is that it may not be able to do so without active opposition from the rest of the world, including nuclear powers Russia and China, which refuse to stay silent as the U.S. tries to shape the world in accordance with its geopolitical desires.“The whole world saw him being killed; all bloodied. Is that democracy? And who did it? Drones, including American ones, delivered a strike on his motorcade. Then commandos – who were not supposed to be there – brought in so-called opposition and militants and killed him without trial. I’m not saying that Gaddafi didn’t have to quit, but that should have been left up to the people of Libya to decide through the democratic process.”

No one appreciated it at the time, but America’s unchallenged ability to intervene anywhere and everywhere it chooses ended on that day. Fast forward to Barack Obama’s plans to implement an extensive strike plan against the Syrian government in 2013, which never transpired due strong Russian opposition and widespread protests in the U.S. A few years later, Russia directly intervened in Syria at the request of the Syrian government and effectively implemented its own no-fly zone in significant portions of the country. Donald Trump’s April 2017 strike on the Syrian government was only conducted after his administration first notified the Russians through a deconfliction hotline set up to manage the Syrian conflict.

However, Russia isn’t the only country that is tired of America’s foreign policy, and the recent “emergency U.N. Security Council meeting” to discuss the current situation in Iran is a testament to that. Even Washington’s traditional allies cannot withhold their criticism of America’s desire to police the world.

“However worrying the events of the last few days in Iran may be they do not constitute per se a threat to international peace and security,” French Ambassador to the U.N. Francois Delattre said. “We must be wary of any attempts to exploit this crisis for personal ends, which would have the diametrically opposed outcome to that which is wished.”

Russia went even further, bringing up America’s own behavior and treatment of protesters as a counter-argument to the notion that Washington is motivated by human rights concerns in Iran.

“By your logic, we should have initiated a Security Council meeting after the well-known events in Ferguson,” said Russian U.N. Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya, addressing the U.S. delegation.

Iran also insisted the matter was an internal affair and not something for the U.N. to weigh in on, and China agreed, with their ambassador calling it a purely “domestic issue.”

French President Emmanuel Macron even went so far as to accuse the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia of instigating a war with Iran.

“The official line pursued by the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia, who are our allies in many ways, is almost one that would lead us to war,” Macron told reporters, according to Reuters. Instead, Macron called for dialogue with Tehran as he warned against the approach adopted by the aforementioned

POSTED JANUARY 16, 2018

WORLD WAR 3 UPDATE: TURKEY AND SYRIA VOW TO END U.S. INVASION

I have posted 2 articles concerning the above headline. As has been the consequence in U.S. foreign policy, enemies are now becoming friends in their opposition to U.S. military adventures.

First: A top Turkish general told a meeting of NATO military commanders, "We cannot and will not allow support and arming of the YPG terror group under the name of an operational partner. We hope this mistake will be corrected in the shortest time." Thanks to years of U.S. military assistance, Turkey is one of the most powerful nations in the middle east and in NATO. Now, the U.S. has said they will assist the mortal enemies of the Turkish government by establishing a defacto country right on Turkey's border. There is no way Turkey will allow this.

Second: The foreign minister of Syria has vowed to remove the U.S. rebels and supporting U.S. forces from Syria. Of course Syria cannot fight the U.S. by themselves, but they don't have to. Maybe the Turks will do it for them. Maybe Russia and Iran will covertly help. In any event, we have no business, whatsoever, in Syria. It is not our country. There is no request from Syria nor any authorization from the U.N. to be there. If we continue on this path, our military men and women will begin dying to support this reckless policy.

Turkey is poised for an imminent massive ground invasion of Northern Syria to quash Kurdish militia groups currently holding Afrin near the Turkish border. Multiple regional outlets have reported a build-up of forces that could constitute the largest external intervening force thus far in the entirety of the Syrian war.

According to Middle East based Al-Sura News, Turkey's military build-up currently underway includes special forces troops, Army units, Turkish-backed Syrian Rebels and Turkey's air force. The Kurdish YPG/J (People's Protection Units) has held Afrin since the Syrian government withdrew from the area in 2012, which constitutes the western-most part of the self-declared Rojava autonomous Kurdish zone.

Turkey considers it a "terrorist" enclave as it sees Syrian Kurdish factions as an extension of the PKK, while the US has claimed not to be active in supporting Kurdish operations in Afrin, which lies a mere 40 kilometers from Aleppo where the Syrian Army continues to advance through the Aleppo countryside and into Idlib province.

Over the weekend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed recent US efforts to ramp up support for the Kurdish dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), saying during a speech in Ankara, “A country we call an ally is insisting on forming a terror army on our borders." He framed US support to Syrian Kurds as undermining Turkey's security, adding, “What can that terror army target but Turkey? Our mission is to strangle it before it’s even born."

Meanwhile a top Turkish general told a meeting of NATO military commanders, "We cannot and will not allow support and arming of the YPG terror group under the name of an operational partner. We hope this mistake will be corrected in the shortest time."

Regional outlets Al Jazeera and Al Masdar News have confirmed that the large Turkish convoy has entered northwest Syria and that sporadic fighting against Kurdish forces is already underway. Notably the air force is said to be mobilized - a significant factor as Turkish ground forces, including its proxy rebel forces making up its "Euphrates Shield Operation", have had little success in the past dislodging Kurdish fighters without air support.

Should aerial power be utilized by Turkey it would mark a dramatic escalation, especially given that both Russia and the US operate over Northern Syria, with Russia controlling the airspace over Afrin Canton (as well as over Idlib, which have generally frustrated Turkish plans for greater involvement). Whether the operation against Syrian Kurds moves forward or not into a full scale Turkish assault depends in large part on Russia, which has administered 'deconfliction' zones in the Afrin area, and has sponsored trilateral talks with Turkey and Iran which seeks cooperation among the three powers to wind down the war in Syria.

In response to news of the impending Turkish invasion, US Coalition spokesman Col. said Tuesday of the Syrian Kurds in Afrin, "We don't support them, we have nothing to do with them." Dillon explained further when pressed by Turkish state media journalists, "We are not operating in Afrin. We are supporting our partners in defeating remaining ISIS [Daesh] pockets along the Middle Euphrates River Valley, specifically in areas north of Abu Kamal, on the eastern side of the Euphrates River."

The 42 km distance from Afrin to Aleppo is already dominated by Opposition Armed groups based near Aleppo in Anadan, Hraytan and all the way up to

Turkey's current build-up and offensive comes after Dillon's controversial comments on Sunday in which he announced that the US coalition will establish a 30,000-strong new border security force with the SDF in Syria. In claiming to have "nothing to do with" Syrian Kurds operating in Afrin the Pentagon is seeking to distance itself from entering into direct conflict with Turkey in northwest Syria.

Though Turkey has threatened many times before that it will dislodge Afrin from control of the Syrian Kurds, Erdogan might not be bluffing this time. Late on Tuesday he's reported to have phoned NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg in order to inform NATO that the Afrin operation is being launched.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has responded negatively to the US pledge to create a new “border” force in northern Syria of some 30,000 US-backed fighters, saying not only are they violating Syrian sovereignty, but the Syrian Army’s goal must be to end the US presence in the country outright.

Syria has long opposed the US military presence in the country, which was deployed without Syrian permission, and which Pentagon officials say will last long after the outright defeat of ISIS.

Whether the Syrians can do anything about it is another matter. The US presence in Syria is substantial, and backed by a large, heavily-armed Kurdish force. Despite the US deployment being plainly illegal, there’s no practical way to remove them by force.

It’s curious that the Syrian state media made it clear the position was that of the military, as made by the foreign ministry, suggesting the two ministries may not necessarily be on the same page with rhetoric about the US presence.

Our government masters say it was James Earl Ray. How many know that there was never a trial for James Earl Ray? How many know the weapon allegedly used, was never fired in the FBI murder investigation to verify that it was the murder weapon? How many know there was a civil trial in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1999, litigating the evidence in the assassination?

The subject article covers the trial. After the trial, 12 jurors unanimously agreed that James Earl Ray did not kill MLK. The King family, after attending the trial, agreed James Earl Ray did not kill MLK. Of course you barely heard a blip from the mediawhores because that's what they do. They are a propaganda arm, not interested in news or truth. So here it is --- the entire transcript. By this time you should all be convinced our government masters almost always lie. If they say something, chances are ---- it's a lie.

After four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses in a civil trial in Memphis, Tennessee, twelve jurors reached a unanimous verdict on December 8, 1999 after about an hour of deliberations that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. In a press statement held the following day in Atlanta, Mrs. Coretta Scott King welcomed the verdict, saying , “There is abundant evidence of a major high level conspiracy in the assassination of my husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. And the civil court's unanimous verdict has validated our belief. I wholeheartedly applaud the verdict of the jury and I feel that justice has been well served in their deliberations. This verdict is not only a great victory for my family, but also a great victory for America. It is a great victory for truth itself. It is important to know that this was a SWIFT verdict, delivered after about an hour of jury deliberation. The jury was clearly convinced by the extensive evidence that was presented during the trial that, in addition to Mr. Jowers, the conspiracy of the Mafia, local, state and federal government agencies, were deeply involved in the assassination of my husband. The jury also affirmed overwhelming evidence that identified someone else, not James Earl Ray, as the shooter, and that Mr. Ray was set up to take the blame. I want to make it clear that my family has no interest in retribution. Instead, our sole concern has been that the full truth of the assassination has been revealed and adjudicated in a court of law… My husband once said, "The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice." To-day, almost 32 years after my husband and the father of my four children was assassinated, I feel that the jury's verdict clearly affirms this principle. With this faith, we can begin the 21st century and the new millennium with a new spirit of hope and healing.”

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KING FAMILY STATEMENT ON MEDIA REQUESTS REGARDING THE MEMPHIS VERDICT

The King family stands firmly behind the civil trial verdict reached by twelve jurors in the Memphis, Tennessee courtroom on December 8, 1999.

An excerpt from remarks made by Mr. Dexter Scott King, Chairman, President, and CEO of The King Center, during the December 9, 1999 press conference regarding the verdict that may be used in support of this family decision:

“We can say that because of the evidence and information obtained in Memphis we believe that this case is over. This is a period in the chapter. We constantly hear reports, which trouble me, that this verdict creates more questions than answers. That is totally false. Anyone who sat in on almost four weeks of testimony, with over seventy witnesses, credible witnesses I might add, from several judges to other very credible witnesses, would know that the truth is here.”

"The question now is, "What will you do with that?" We as a family have done our part. We have carried this mantle for as long as we can carry it. We know what happened. It is on public record. The transcripts will be available; we will make them available on the Web at some point. Any serious researcher who wants to know what happened can find out.”

The King family feels that the jury’s verdict, the transcripts of the conspiracy trial, and the transcripts of the King family’s press conference following the trial — all of which can be found on The King Center’s website — include everything that that family members have to say about the assassination.

Therefore, the King family shares the conviction that there is nothing more to add to their comments on record and will respectfully decline all further requests for comment.

POSTED JANUARY 12, 2018

WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, TRUMP'S S***HOLE COMMENT OR 3 YEAR OLD CHILD SHOT IN THE HEAD?

According to the mediawhores and leftist screwballs, it would be the Trump comment even though Trump denies saying it. Let's put this to rest and then move to real news. It doesn't matter. Whether he said that or something like that, it doesn't matter. What does matter is the policy of allowing anyone from anywhere to set up shop in the U.S., immediately qualify for assistance, maybe be allowed to drive and vote, without any requirement to qualify for residence. This was never the case in the past and until recently, was never the case in any other nation. Our nation is hopelessly in debt. The last thing we need is more people drawing assistance without any possibility of providing a meaningful contribution to society.

Now, about the subject article ---- Yesterday, a 3 year old toddler was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier during an Israeli “military training” session in the northern occupied West Bank city of Tubas. Have you seen anything about this on any media? I haven't. Maybe it's somewhere, but at the very least takes a backseat to the meaningless political gossip that permeates our media today.

How about asking our President how he feels about “ our great friends in the middle east” when stories like this come up again and again? No, not a peep --- not from him, not from the leftists, not from the mediawhores. Real issues, concerning life and death should be a priority, but not here, not now.

A three-year-old Palestinian was shot in the head during an Israeli “military training” session in the northern occupied West Bank city of Tubas.

According to a statement by the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health, the child was hit in the head with live bullets. He was taken to Rafidia Surgical hospital in Nablus.

She pointed out that the child’s relatives told “medical staff that he was shot during IDF training in the area.”

“The health situation of the injured child is stable,” the ministry said.

The Israeli military frequently conducts training in Palestinian communities in Tubas, the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, Hebron, and several other areas. Palestinians are often forced to abandon their homes to make way for the training sessions.

POSTED JANUARY 11, 2018

DEAR LEFTIST WEIRDO'S: TRUMP SUCCEEDS THANKS TO YOU

It would be so nice if those of us who oppose some of the policies of Donald Trump could get a serious discussion going based on issues. Way back at the beginning of the Presidential campaign, Trump was barely a blip on the radar. Then came the leftist weirdo's. First came the mediawhores who would rant and rave about Trump being a racist, sexist, homophobe, misogynist and so on. Already, by that time, radios and T.V.'s all across the nation had tuned them out. Media opposition to Trump gave him credibility. Then there was Hillary. She was his opposition --- say no more.

Today, there are so many important issues that need attention --- like wars all around the world, but no, our leftist friends continue to make fools out of themselves and by contrast, make Trump look good. We have the ridiculous Russian collusion investigation, supported by the leftists, going on and on and on with no evidence whatsoever, again making Trump look good. We have the violent leftist demonstrations also making Trump look good. We have the leftist support of unlimited immigration of anyone who wants to come here, making Trump look good. We have the highly publicized political opposition of movie stars and professional athletes along with the kneeling by some NFL players during the National Anthem, also making Trump look good.

Wacko's, weirdo's and fruitcakes comprise the opposition to Donald Trump, leaving no place for the normal people to go, but reluctantly, very reluctantly, supporting Donald Trump. This brings me to the subject article. In the latest gathering of wacko's, weirdo's and fruitcakes, otherwise known as National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala in New York, Robert Deniro made a fool out himself in a profanity based tirade against President Trump. Of course, the other wacko's, weirdo's and fruitcakes thought he was great, but my guess is, ten's of millions of other Americans remain disgusted with the antics of this bunch. Dear leftists: you people are stupid. If you really want to get rid of Trump, stop empowering him with your moronic actions. At the very least keep your mouths shut and let others go back to real issues.

Robert de Niro called President Trump a 'f***ing fool' in a foul-mouthed rant as he presented Meryl Streep with a best actress award on Tuesday night.

Introducing Streep at the National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala in New York- which is not broadcast on TV - De Niro took time out to call the President a 'f***ing idiot' and compare his presidency to the fairytale of the Emperor's New Clothes.

The Oscar-winner also branded Trump the 'baby-in-chief' and 'jerk-off-in-chief' while discussing Streep's new film The Post, which is about the publication of the Pentagon Papers into the Vietnam War.

[Robert de Niro attacked President Trump during an awards ceremony speech on Tuesday night in New York, calling him a 'f***ing idiot' and a 'fool']

Robert de Niro attacked President Trump during an awards ceremony speech on Tuesday night in New York, calling him a 'f***ing idiot' and a 'fool'

[De Niro, who was at the ceremony to introduce Meryl Streep, also called Trump a 'jerkoff-in-chief' and compared him to the 'delusional, narcissistic, petty, vindictive' President Nixon]

De Niro, who was at the ceremony to introduce Meryl Streep, also called Trump a 'jerkoff-in-chief' and compared him to the 'delusional, narcissistic, petty, vindictive' President Nixon

De Niro introduces Streep at the National Board Of Review Awards

Robert De Niro's award speech blasting Donald Trump in full

Thank you. First congratulations to Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks has played opposite some of the most iconic figures in American cinema.

In Turner and Hooch he co-starred with a humongous, slobbering French Mastiff. In Toy Story his nemesis was action figure Buzz Lightyear. And who could forget his award-winning performance in Castaway, opposite a volleyball named Wilson.

That brings us to The Post, and another signature performance from the extraordinary Meryl Streep.

Meryl is the most generous and giving actor. She not only inhabits her own character, she helps bring out the character of everyone else on the screen. Can a volleyball do that?

Not even if the volleyball was a stable genius.

It was fascinating to watch The Post.

That story took place nearly 50 years ago, but there are many parallels with today obviously.

At the time of the story Donald Trump was suffering with "bone spurs". Today the world is suffering from the real Donald Trump. Come on. You know. What are we talking about?

This f***ing idiot is the President. It's The Emperor's New Clothes - the guy is a f***ing fool.

The publication of the Pentagon Papers was a proud moment for American journalism. The Times and the Post challenged the government over critical

First Amendment issues. And the press prevailed.

Our government today, with the propping [up] of our baby-in-chief - the jerkoff-in-chief I call him - has put the press under siege, trying to discredit it through outrageous attacks and lies.'

And again just like 1971 the press is distinguishing itself with brave, exacting journalism.

The movie gave us glimpses of President Nixon as delusional, narcissistic, petty, vindictive, nasty and bats*** f***ing crazy. Ah the good old days.

The movie and my friend Meryl Streep showed us the evolution of courage - Kate Graham was forced into a man's world and showed the world and showed all those men something about the qualities of daring and devotion to public service - qualities that were thought of as male. No longer.

But, astonishingly, today women are still struggling to get their rightful place and their fare share.

I am still fighting for Meryl to be able to get 79 cents of what a man would get to play Catherine Graham. It's shameful, I know.

The good news is that I think we're at a watershed moment and it's about time. There are many to thank for that, but tonight is for Meryl Streep.

Meryl, thank you for speaking out on matters of conscience that affect us all. Thank you for being an actress who plays the most interesting characters with full commitment and without judgement.

You show us their heroism as well as their imperfections.

And I know that's a stretch for you - because Meryl doesn't seem to have any imperfections. And I say that with the most love for you, Meryl. I love you so much. Ladies and gentlemen, the National Board of Review's best actress...

As transcribed by Sopan Deb

De Niro said: 'It was fascinating to watch The Post. That story took place nearly 50 years ago, but there are many parallels with today obviously.

'At the time of the story Donald Trump was suffering with "bone spurs". Today the world is suffering from the real Donald Trump.

'This f***ing idiot is the President. It's The Emperor's New Clothes - the guy is a f***ing fool.

'The publication of the Pentagon Papers was a proud moment for American journalism. The Times and the Post challenged the government over critical First Amendment issues. And the press prevailed.

I'm not losing it and I'm not lazy! Trump opens up White... Fire and Fury is flying off shelves with publisher rushing...

'Our government today, with the propping [up] of our baby-in-chief - the jerkoff-in-chief I call him - has put the press under siege, trying to discredit it through outrageous attacks and lies.'

'And again just like 1971 the press is distinguishing itself with brave, exacting journalism.

'The movie gave us glimpses of President Nixon as delusional, narcissistic, petty, vindictive, nasty and bats*** f***ing crazy. Ah the good old days.'

De Niro has long been a vocal critic of Trump, saying during the presidential campaign that he would 'like to punch him in the face.'

Since then he has used many public speaking opportunities to trash the President, calling him a 'blatant racist', a 'bozo' and a 'motherf***er'.

[The actor has long been a vocal critic of Trump, saying he would like to punch him in the face and urging people to vote for Hillary during the 2016 election]

The actor has long been a vocal critic of Trump, saying he would like to punch him in the face and urging people to vote for Hillary during the 2016 election

He also used an awards speech just days before the 2016 election to call for people to vote for Hillary Clinton.

Aside from De Niro and Streep, Whoopi Goldberg, Gal Gadot and Stephen Colbert were all in attendance at Tuesday night's award ceremony.

Angelina Jolie also appeared with children Shiloh and Zahara Jolie-Pitt before accepting the Freedom of Expression Award for First They Killed My Father.

De Niro's attack comes as Trump battles questions over his competency and mental health raised in Michael Wolff's explosive new book.

The famous columnist claims to have been a virtual fly on the wall during the first months of the new administration as it lunged from crisis to crisis.

He reports that the Trump team never anticipated winning and were simply using his presidential run as a branding exercise before it got out of hand.

As a result the team were woefully under-prepared for power, causing in-fighting among senior figures such as Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus.

Meanwhile Trump was attempting to stick to his golfing schedule and took to locking himself in his room with a cheeseburger by 6.30pm each night, Wolff writes.

His press team also refused to accept an interview without the questions being provided beforehand over concerns for his mental health.

Trump has hit back at the claims, proclaiming himself a 'stable genius' who is 'like, really smart' in a series of tweets.

His lawyers have also attempted to stop publication of the book, which is currently top of the Amazon bestseller list.

POSTED JANUARY 10, 2018

LET'S PUT PAKISTAN ON THE LIST

This week, President Trump announced he was cutting aid to Pakistan. Actually, I agree with the cut. I would actually agree with cutting all foreign aid to all nations, including Israel. Our country runs an annual deficit of close to 1 trillion dollars. Our government acknowledges a debt of in excess of 20 trillion dollars (it could be much, much higher). It doesn't take a PHD in economics to figure out that this runaway debt is not sustainable, so cutting foreign aid is one step we need to take, but he just couldn't let it stand at that.

In announcing the cut in foreign aid, Trump savaged Pakistan and its' lack of cooperation with the U.S. in the war on terror. Obviously, if a nation is publicly humiliated, they have to respond --- even if the criticism is justified. Today, Pakistan announced they are suspending all military and intelligence cooperation with the U.S. I think we can count on Pakistan to look towards Russia and China to fill the gap in aid and cooperation that used to be ours. As the insaniacs continue their march towards World War 3, it makes no sense, whatsoever, to line up more nations who might join the opposition in that war --- especially one who has nuclear weapons.

So add Pakistan to the ever increasing list of people to hate. Given enough time, this next war will be the U.S. against everyone else.

In the wake of President Trump’s twitter outburst last week, alleging that Pakistan has given the U.S. “nothing but lies and deceit” accompanied by the suspension of US financial aid, Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan declared that military and intelligence cooperation with the United States are suspended, during an address at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Khan, who was speaking at a seminar titled: "Contours of Security Environment of Pakistan,’ said the U.S. is now facing defeat in Afghanistan after a 16-year war, despite spending billions of dollars. With defeat imminent, he claims the U.S. is using Pakistan as a ‘scapegoat,’ rather than defending and securing the Pak-Afghan border.

“Pakistan does not want to put a price on its sacrifices but wants them to be recognized,” Khan added that Pakistan would not allow Afghanistan’s war to be fought on Pakistani soil.

Military relations between Pakistan and the United States have stretched as far back as 1947. The Afghan-Pakistan Center of Excellence is a division of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), with military operations sometimes jointly focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s widely known that CIA drone bases and U.S. military logistical operations for Afghanistan are located in the country.

Kahn emphasized, "a wide field of intelligence cooperation and defense cooperation have been suspended,” but added the supply lines for NATO troops in Afghanistan would remain open. There was little mention of the fate of CIA drone bases operating in the country.

Pakistani demonstrators burn images of President Donald Trump and the U.S. flag during a protest against U.S. aid cuts in Lahore on January 5.

Khan stated, "you see the facilities that we have extended to them (Americans) are still in operation. We have not suspended them. But there is also a wide field of intelligence cooperation and defense cooperation which we have suspended."

Ironically, during the speech, Kahn criticized the U.S. for doing very little to fence the border with Afghanistan. The border stretches some 2,500 Km, where militants frequently take advantage of the open-order.

“It is convenient to blame Pakistan for cross-border terrorism whereas the US has not lifted a finger to help fence-up the border,” Khan was quoted as saying.

Maybe if Trump fails to build his "border wall" in the US, he can erect one between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

The unprecedented collapse in diplomatic relations between the US and Pakistan comes less than a week after Pakistan announced it would ditch the US Dollar in bilateral trade with China, and adopt the Yuan as China has successfully replaced the US as Pakistan's sovereign "big brother."

Richard Snelsire, a U.S.Embassy spokesman said, according to VOA news, "we have not received any formal communication regarding a suspension."

Meanwhile, so far 2018 has been nothing but a setback for Washington and Islamabad relations. President Trump kicked off the new year with a Twitter war pressuring Islamabad to “do more” to combat terrorism.

POSTED JANUARY 9, 2018

ISRAEL TRIES TO START WORLD WAR 3 ---- AGAIN

It happens more and more often --- Israel attacks someone. The subject article covers another missile attack from Israeli jets against targets in Syria. Here is a quote form the Israeli military “Israel has previously said it will prevent Syrian territory being used to set up bases or transfer advanced weaponry to the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group, which has been a key ally for Assad in the six-year Syrian civil war.”

There are a few of things wrong with the Israeli position. First. Israel does not decide who can be in Syria. It is not their country. Attacking people in another country just because you don't like them is nothing more than an act of war. Second. Israel does not decide who can be in Lebanon. Lebanon is not part of Israel. Just because Israel is militarily stronger, it does not give them the right to bully them. Third. There is no evidence that Hezbollah is transferring advanced weapons to Lebanon, but if they did, they have that right. Israel has no problem with the U.S. and Europe giving them advanced weapons.

Hypocrisy has always been an integral part of Israeli foreign policy. When Israel claims missiles made out of plumbing parts, are fired from Gaza, they attack with bombs and missiles. Then when they fire missiles at Syria, it's O.K.

According to Syria's state media, the Syrian Army reported that Israel had attacked targets near the war-torn nation's capital with jets and ground-to-ground missiles early on Tuesday, causing damage.

Syria retaliated, according to the statement; its air defenses hit an Israeli aircraft and intercepted several missiles which had been launched from within Israel.

The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces announced that Syria's defense network had responded to three Israeli rocket attacks on military positions in the Al-Qutayfah area, north of Damascus.

Israeli missiles targeted military sites in Qutifah area near the capital of Damascus, SANA news agency reports.

Syria warned the Israeli side about risks posed by such attacks, according to the outlet.

There were no reported casualties. The Israeli Army has refused to comment on the incident.

This is not the first time Tel-Aviv has launched an unprovoked attack on neighboring Syria. In September 2017, Israel struck Syrian army positions in the province of Hama, near the city of Masjaf, killing two people.

In October, Israeli Air Force fighter jets destroyed a Syrian air defense battery just 50 km from Damascus, claiming the attack was precipitated by the shelling of IDF aircraft as they carried out tasks on the territory of Lebanon.

In September, a Syrian official told Sputnik that in August Israel had bombed a military airport near Damacus, adding that it was done "to encourage and support terrorists."

POSTED JANUARY 8, 2018

TIME TO DISBAND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

I refer to them as the “BLM” gang – not to be confused with Black Lives Matter. The BLM Gang is a bunch of government established bureaucrats and thugs engaged in terrorizing honest farmers and ranchers throughout the western United States. They steal and kill livestock. They steal land. They extort money from ranchers. They use armed police to intimidate farmers. They take the land they steal and sell it to their benefactors. They serve no useful purpose whatsoever.

One American hero, Cliven Bundy, has stood up to these government rustlers. Over the past few years he has resisted, sometimes with armed ranchers, the BLM attempt to steal his land and kill his livestock. The subject article covers a federal judge's order to federal prosecutors to free Cliven Bundy and leave him alone. Federal prosecutors are forbidden to reinstate past indictments.

So there it is. Even a federal judge is disgusted with the conduct of this homegrown, government sponsored, terrorist organization. They need to be disbanded and those who have committed criminal offenses, prosecuted AND, it will never happen with this bunch. The bunch to which I am referring is our government masters. The BLM gang is not in opposition to the principles of our government, they are some of the enforcers of those “principles”.

A federal judge Monday threw out criminal charges against Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a co-defendant in the 2014 Bunkerville standoff, citing "flagrant misconduct" by prosecutors and the FBI in not disclosing evidence to the defense before and during trial.

"The government's conduct in this case was indeed outrageous," U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro ruled. "There has been flagrant misconduct, substantial prejudice and no lesser remedy is sufficient."

The judge issued her ruling before a packed courtroom with nearly 100 spectators, as more than a dozen other spectators had to wait outside the courtroom doors. As Navarro dismissed the case, Cliven Bundy's lawyer put his arm around his client. Supporters in the public gallery held hands, wiped tears from their eyes and hugged. One looked up and whispered, "Thank you Lord.''

The dismissal with prejudice, meaning a new trial can't be pursued, marked an embarrassing nadir for the federal government, which now has failed to convict the Bundys in two major federal cases stemming from separate armed standoffs.

The second stunning victory for the Bundys and their followers may serve to bolster their fight against federal control of public land, but it's not clear how their movement has fared. The three have spent most of the last two years in jail. Ammon Bundy owes at least $180,000 in legal fees in the Oregon case, and he said most of his national clients in his vehicle fleet service business left out of fear.

After the judge's ruling, the senior Bundy attempted to walk out of the courtroom in his blue jail garb and ankle shackles but was blocked by deputy U.S. marshals. He was released soon afterwards, wearing a cowboy hat, blazer and cowboy boots. He took hugs and handshakes from supporters. His sons, Ammon and Ryan Bundy, have been out of custody since November, when they were allowed to leave jail to stay in private homes under GPS monitoring.

"I've been a political prisoner for right at 700 days today," Cliven Bundy said, his arm around his wife, Carol Bundy. "I come in this courtroom an innocent man and I'm going to leave as an innocent man. My defense is a 15-second defense. I raised my cattle only on Clark County, Nevada, land and I have no contract with the federal government. This court has no jurisdiction and authority over this matter. And I have put up with the court in America as a political prisoner for two years."

Cliven Bundy turned his attention to state and local authorities, saying Nevada's governor, the Clark County commissioners and the sheriff were "aiders and abettors'' and "terrorists'' for failing to protect his family's rights and liberties. He said he plans to go home and have a "good steak,'' continue to graze his cattle and scheduled a news conference Tuesday outside the Clark County sheriff's office.

Cliven Bundy speaks after criminal charges thrown out

The judge found prosecutors engaged in a "deliberate attempt to mislead" and made several misrepresentations to both the defense and the court about evidence relating to a surveillance camera and snipers outside the Bundy ranch in early April 2014, as well as threat assessments made in the case.

"The court is troubled by the prosecution's failure to look beyond the FBI file," Navarro said.

She said she "seriously questions" that the FBI "inexplicably placed'' but "perhaps hid" a tactical operations log that referred to the presence of snipers outside the Bundy residence on a "thumb drive inside a vehicle for three years,'' when the government has had four years to prepare the case.

"The court has found that a universal sense of justice has been violated,'' Navarro said.

The judge found it especially egregious that the prosecutors chose not to share documents that the defendants specially asked for in pretrial motions, and "grossly shocking'' that the prosecutors claimed they weren't aware the material would assist the defendants in their defense.

"The government was well aware of theories of self defense, provocation and intimidation,'' Navarro said. "Here the prosecution has minimized the extent of prosecutorial misconduct.''

The judge issued her ruling in 30 minutes from the bench. Just before the hearing, Ryan Bundy led relatives and supporters in prayer in the courtroom corridor, even saying a prayer for the judge.

"Father in heaven ... we thank you for the protection that was given to us over this duration of time and through this trouble," he said, his head bowed as he held his cowboy hat over his chest. "We ask that you bless Judge Navarro and she will choose to side with thee and liberty. ... Father in heaven, we need our father home. Father in heaven, we need freedom back in our land."

After the judge's decision, when asked for his reaction, Ryan Bundy laughed and said, "It's about time. It's about time."

Ammon Bundy, holding black bound copies of the Bible and the Book of Mormon, called his wife and said, "I'm going to go home, take care of my family and go to work." He also plans to celebrate his youngest child's birthday. The boy turned 3 on Monday and Bundy missed the first two birthdays while he was in custody or at the Malheur refuge.

He promised to keep working for his cause. "I'm not done fighting by any means," he said.

For Ryan Payne, who awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy in the 2016 armed takeover of the refuge in southeastern Oregon, the judge's ruling was "bittersweet,'' said assistant federal public defender Brenda Weksler. Payne was ordered to report to the U.S. Marshal's office to determine if he'll be held while awaiting sentencing in Oregon.

"This prosecution has really been a tragedy for everyone involved,'' said Ryan Norwood, Payne's co-counsel, assistant federal public defender Ryan Norwood. "Ryan Bundy, Cliven and Ammon lost two years of their lives from this.''

Public land advocates fear the fumbling of the Nevada case, following the 2016 jury acquittals of the Bundy brothers and others in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, will buoy the Bundys' claims of federal government overreach and embolden militias to engage in future armed standoffs with federal officers over management of public land.

"This is an outrage, a total miscarriage of justice,'' said Patrick Donnelly, Nevada state director for the Center for Biological Diversity, outside the courthouse later Monday. "The prosecution mangled this case. It should have been a slam dunk.''

Donnelly said he thinks the dismissal will embolden the Bundys "fringe movement,'' though he doesn't think their actions have led to a huge rise in support.

"Bundy is an outlier. This whole movement is an outlier fringe movement,'' Donnelly said. "But it only takes a handful.''

"This case represented the last opportunity for justice in this case of extremists who had organized in armed opposition to the government,'' he said.

The judge on Dec. 20 declared a mistrial after finding prosecutors withheld six types of evidence from defendants that should have been shared at least a month before the trial started. She said then that she would consider whether to dismiss the case outright or allow a new trial.

Cliven Bundy, 71, Ammon Bundy, 45, and Ryan Bundy, 42 and co-defendant Ryan Payne, 34, were indicted last year on conspiracy and other allegations, accused of rallying militia members and armed supporters to stop federal agents from impounding Bundy cattle in April 2014. Federal officers and rangers were acting on a court order filed after Cliven Bundy failed to pay grazing fees and fines for two decades. Outnumbered, the federal officers retreated and halted the cattle impoundment on April 12, 2014.

The judge found the prosecutors' violations were "willful" and led to due process violations. She said they waited too long to provide FBI and other agency reports and maps on surveillance, including the location of a camera and snipers, outside the Bundy ranch; threat assessments that indicated the Bundys weren't violent; and nearly 500 pages of U.S. Bureau of Land Management internal affairs documents that included paperwork indicating that cattle grazing hadn't threatened the desert tortoise, considered an endangered species.

Late disclosures of evidence trickled out just before and during the start of the trial "by happenstance,'' defense lawyers noted. One government witness under cross-examination by Ryan Bundy acknowledged watching live-feed video images from an FBI surveillance camera and another referenced a 2012 FBI threat assessment that determined the Bundys weren't likely to be violent. In pretrial motions, Ryan Bundy requested evidence on any "mysterious devices'' outside the Bundy ranch in early April 2014, and Payne's lawyers sought all threat assessments in July 2017, but prosecutors didn't turn over the information until ordered days before or during trial.

Defense lawyers argued that the government didn't "seem to recognize'' or "professed ignorance'' on what constituted Brady material, required by the 1963 landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brady v. Maryland to be shared with the defense.

The defense lawyers urged dismissal, saying it was the only sufficient remedy for the government's callous disregard of its constitutional obligations to share any potentially favorable evidence with the defense.

Weksler, who represents Payne, argued that prosecutors repeatedly failed to abide by deadlines for sharing discovery evidence, were dismissive of specific requests for evidence, engaged in a "pattern to ridicule and disparage the defense" requests and then made "brazen proffers" to the court that specific information didn't exist, only to find out later that they were mistaken.

"The fact that the government sought to ask a jury to convict these defendants and then ask this Court to sentence them to prison for the rest of their lives without giving the defense the information recently disclosed should more than trouble this Court,'' Weksler wrote in a recently unsealed motion to dismiss.

Prosecutors countered that any failure to provide evidence was "inadvertent'' or because they reasonably believed the law didn't require them to share the material. They sought a new trial, arguing that they "neither flagrantly violated nor recklessly disregarded" their evidence obligations, but believed the material they failed to share in a timely manner wasn't relevant for the defendants' defense.

Myhre, who until last week served as Nevada's acting U.S. attorney but is back in his earlier role as first assistant U.S. attorney, wrote in a court brief that he and his colleagues believed the court's restrictions barring self-defense arguments during earlier standoff trials this year meant his team didn't have to share information about certain aspects of the law enforcement response.

Prosecutors and the lead FBI agents in the case quietly sat listening to the judge's ruling Monday. They did not make any statements in court or afterwards.

The government may appeal the dismissal. The prosecution team in recent weeks added a new assistant U.S. attorney, Elizabeth White, the chief appellate lawyer in the Nevada U.S. attorney's office. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also sent an evidence discovery expert to the federal prosecutors' office in Las Vegas after the mistrial to review the case.

"We respect the Court's ruling and will make a determination about the next appropriate steps,'' said Nevada's interim U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson, in a released statement.

Co-defendants convicted during two prior Bunkerville standoff trials are likely to seek the dismissal of their cases through appeals, arguing that they went to trial without the evidence that came out piecemeal during the last trial.

The judge, however, ruled this month, that the defendants still awaiting trial - Melvin Bundy, Dave Bundy, Jason Woods and Joseph O'Shaughnessy could not join the motion to dismiss by Cliven Bundy and his sons because they failed to demonstrate how the prosecutions' violations in this last trial harmed their rights, as deadlines for the governments' sharing of evidence hasn't expired yet for their cases. The judge also Monday ruled that the double jeopardy clause does not bar a new trial.

POSTED JANUARY 5, 2018

A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE: LYING US INTO WAR

The subject video covers a few of the lies used to convince us in the U.S. to support wars. Those of us who lost a loved one or friend in these wars, should be angry with our government masters. In the interest of power and money, they have conspired through lies, to involve us militarily in various wars around the world. These wars have cost the lives of thousands of American service personnel and, over the years, millions in foreign countries. Now, today, we are witnessing the disruption of the lives of more millions in Africa and the middle east. This has led to an uncontrollable migration to Europe, Canada and the U.S.

Keep this in mind when they ask you to send your money and children to the next war.

Ironically, the recount of the 2016 Presidential election, initiated by 3rd party candidate Jill Stein, started this. Recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada and other places showed massive voter fraud. Indeed, the Michigan recount had to be stopped as more than 50% of the votes in Detroit could not be confirmed. The entire status of the vote in Michigan was in danger of being invalidated. Other recounts in California showed millions of votes were cast by people ineligible to vote.

After his inauguration, President Trump formed a commission to investigate voter fraud. So what happened? You guessed it. Nothing! Yesterday, President Trump disbanded the commission. Many of the States refused to cooperate and filed law suits. After all, if some of our government masters are the beneficiaries of vote fraud, we can't expect them to expose this.

So here we are --- again. Our election system has become a sick joke. It is so bad that the U.S. has refused to open the elections to international oversight. Many 3rd world countries are now operating more honest elections that ours. Wonder how John McCain kept getting reelected? How about over 90 % of Congress with a 9% approval rating? Now you know. No need for any investigations here.

President Donald Trump has signed an order to collapse his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

The Trump administration had faced opposition or limited cooperation from most states, when the commission controversially requested voter information, such as Social Security numbers and addresses.

In a statement, the White House said, “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory

Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry. Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today I signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and have asked the Department of Homeland Security to review these issues and determine next courses of action.”

After announcing that he was dissolving the committee, Trump tweeted on Thursday morning that the “system is rigged, must go to Voter ID,” adding that it was “mostly Democratic states” that refused to share voter data because “they know that many people are voting illegally.”

Many mostly Democrat States refused to hand over data from the 2016 Election to the Commission On Voter Fraud. They fought hard that the Commission not see their records or methods because they know that many people are voting illegally. System is rigged, must go to Voter I.D.

Only Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Ohio and Washington State had complied with all of the commission's requests. California, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico and South Carolina had all signaled their unwillingness to cooperate.

EPIC, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, has declared victory in the commission's demise. The non-profit, which was the first to sue the Trump administration over the issue, noted that it has a pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the US Department of Homeland Security “for records concerning the federal government's collection of personal data on voters.”

Late last month, a US appeals court gave the Trump voter fraud commission a minor victory, dismissing EPIC's lawsuit claiming the commission violated federal privacy protection requirements of the 2002 E-Government Act.

In January 2017, one week into Trump's presidency, Trump tweeted that at least 3 million illegal votes had been cast in the 2016 election, citing an unverified claim by the app VoteStand.

The commission had been expected to release a report in 2019. Its vice chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, recently told Fox News that there have been 938 voter fraud convictions since 2000, which he called just the “tip of the iceberg.”

POSTED JANUARY 3, 2018

BLACK PEOPLE NOT WELCOME IN ISRAEL

The subject article covers a plan from the Israeli government to remove illegal immigrants of African origin from Israel. The government will pay them $3500 to leave or face arrest and imprisonment.

Of course the government denies any racism in their policy, but others of African descent, who are legally residing in Israel, disagree. Thousands of African Jews from Ethiopia and Sudan have been complaining of racial discrimination for years. Opportunities for jobs and housing have been curtailed or denied to them. I have included a link for another article covering this.

It's hypocritical that this government's claim for legitimacy is based in the claim of racism against Jews, but after they have been given land to form a country, they themselves create an apartheid state backed up by military power funded and provided from the U.S. and Europe. Isn't it amazing that there is no end to the whining about the Confederate flag and slavery in the U.S. 170 years ago from our leftist friends, but these same people are totally silent about the racism that exists in Israel and other places today.

Israel said it would pay thousands of African migrants living illegally in the country to leave, threatening them with jail if they are caught after the end of March.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in public remarks at a cabinet meeting on the payment programme, called the migrants' presence a threat to Israel's social fabric and Jewish character, and one government minister has referred to them as 'a cancer'.

Some 60,000 have crossed into Israel from nations such as Eritrea and Sudan, many fleeing war and persecution as well as economic hardship.

The plan launched this week offers African migrants a $3,500 payment from the Israeli government and a free air ticket to return home or go to 'third countries', which rights groups identified as Rwanda and Uganda.

[Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in public remarks at a cabinet meeting on the payment programme, called the migrants´ presence a threat to Israel´s social fabric and Jewish character, and one government minister has referred to them as 'a cancer' ]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in public remarks at a cabinet meeting on the payment programme, called the migrants´ presence a threat to Israel´s social fabric and Jewish character, and one government minister has referred to them as 'a cancer'

Netanyahu: 'The mission is to deport those illegal infiltrators'

Netanyahu said: 'We have expelled about 20,000 and now the mission is to get the rest out.'

An immigration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there are some 38,000 migrants living illegally in Israel, and some 1,420 are being held in two detention centres.

'Beyond the end of March, those who leave voluntarily will receive a significantly smaller payment that will shrink even more with time, and enforcement measures will begin,' the official said, referring to incarceration.

Some have lived for years in Israel and work in low-paying jobs that many Israelis shun.

Israel has granted asylum to fewer than one percent of those who have applied and has a years-long backlog of applicants.

Rights groups have accused Israel of being slow to process African migrants' asylum requests as a matter of policy and denying legitimate claims to the status.

[Children from South Sudan hold their hands up against a bus window where an Israeli aid worker had written 'I Love U' on the window as dozens of South Sudanese migrants from the Tel Aviv area are deported from Israel, 17 June 2012]

Children from South Sudan hold their hands up against a bus window where an Israeli aid worker had written 'I Love U' on the window as dozens of South Sudanese migrants from the Tel Aviv area are deported from Israel, 17 June 2012

[A refugee from the Sudan peers through the bars of his prison cell at Maasiyahu Prison, in Ramle, Israel, Sunday, May 28, 2006]

A refugee from the Sudan peers through the bars of his prison cell at Maasiyahu Prison, in Ramle, Israel, Sunday, May 28, 2006

Teklit Michael, a 29-asylum seeker from Eritrea living in Tel Aviv, said in response to the Israeli plan that paying money to other governments to take in Africans was akin to 'human trafficking and smuggling'.

'We don't know what is waiting for us (in Rwanda and Uganda),' he told Reuters by telephone. 'They prefer now to stay in prison (in Israel) instead.'

In his remarks, Netanyahu cited the large presence of African migrants in Tel Aviv's poorer neighbourhoods, where he said 'veteran residents' - a reference to Israelis - no longer feel safe.

'So today, we are keeping our promise to restore calm, a sense of personal security and law and order to the residents of south Tel Aviv and those in many other neighbourhoods,' he said.

The subject article covers the latest Tweet from President Trump. In the Tweet he refers to the Justice Department as controlled by the “Deep State”. Well, I am sure he didn't just figure that out today. I'm also not totally sure that he himself is not controlled by the deep state.

Anyway, he wondered why Huma Abedin hasn't been indicted? Lets' go further. Most of America is wondering why the Clinton's haven't been indicted? We wonder why no high ranking bankers have been indicted? We wonder why no one was indicted after the controlled demolition of the 3 buildings in the World Trade Center? We are wondering why so few elected officials are indicted for corruption? We are wondering why no one in the FBI has been indicted for murdering Randy Weaver's wife or 80+ men, women and children at Waco, or Robert “LaVoy” Finicum on a snowy road in Oregon?

No, when we look at this criminal government, it is no mystery as to why no one gets indicted for anything. They are crooks and they will always be crooks.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) argued that without a prosecution against Huma Abedin, “we’re all going to lose patience with the attorney general.”

Huckabee said that if Huma Abedin is not prosecuted, “I think we’re all going to lose patience with the attorney general. I love Jeff Sessions. I think he’s a great guy. But he’s got to do the job that he’s there to do, and that’s to universally enforce the law. And when I say universally, without regard to who a person is, if they’re the highest person in the land, or if they are the lowest person in the land.”

Huckabee also cited Lois Lerner, Bruce Ohr, Peter Strzok, and Lisa Page as people who should be held accountable.

POSTED DECEMBER 28, 2017

IF THEY'LL KILL THE PRESIDENT, THEY'LL DO ANYTHING

When discussing the many false flags perpetrated by elements within our government, I have to remind those who deny the possibility of false flags of the assassination of John Kennedy. It is truly sad that there are so many trolls and apologists that dominate the discussion on the internet on this subject. Polls continually show 80 to 90% of the American people accept the fact that this President was the victim of an organized killing. Yet, a search on Google or other search engines show the vast majority of articles accept the Warren Commission version without exception. It should be noted that even the U.S. Congress found that this assassination was indeed committed by multiple shooters.

So let's just concentrate on one point --- Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone assassin. If Oswald planned to kill Kennedy in Dallas in late November of 1963, how did he know Kennedy would drive by the Texas School Book depository during his shift in good weather at 5 miles per hour, when he applied for the job in early October? Indeed, official records show the final route had not been established until a maximum of a few days before the trip. So Oswald was a mastermind knowing this opportunity would present itself more than a month after he was hired there and he was an idiot in purchasing a carbine rated in NRA “poor” condition using bolt action.

I point this out as validation for all of the other stuff. Those of us who distrust everything coming from government spokesmen refer to the continual lies and coverup in a crime committed almost 55 years ago. So, if they'll kill the President of the United States and then use future generations to help in the coverup, they are absolutely capable of anything. Don't kid yourselves by thinking “they would never do that”. They would and they have.

The most important conclusion of the Warren Commission (WC) concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is that Lee Harvey Oswald was at the 6th floor window of the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) and fired three rifle shots at the Presidential motorcade. But this conclusion falls apart completely if Oswald was actually on the second floor just after the shots were fired (he was) or even, perhaps, in the first floor doorway watching the motorcade at the very moment of the assassination.

Where was Oswald when the shots were fired?

The WC never did have hard evidence that Oswald was actually on the 6th floor when the shooting began. No one in the TSBD could place him there around 12:30 when the first shots rang out. Howard L. Brennan, a bystander, looked up at the 6th floor from across Elm Street and claimed to have seen a man with a rifle at the (half opened) window but he was unable to identify Oswald in a police line-up later that day. If Oswald was in the 6th floor “snipes nest” no one actually saw him there.

The real problems for the WC begin, however, when Oswald was identified outside the 2nd floor employee lunch room approximately 2 minutes after the final shot. He was seen there and stopped for questioning by TSBD supervisor Roy Truly and Dallas police officer Marion Baker. The officer shoved a pistol in Oswald’s belly and asked the Depository supervisor whether Oswald belonged in the building; he did. By all accounts, Oswald was holding a Coke and appeared calm and non-pulsed by the abrupt appearance of police.

But having Oswald on the 2nd floor so soon after the shooting posed a problem for the WC. After all, if Oswald was on the 6th floor firing a rifle, did he really have time to hide that rifle between several rows of book boxes at the west end of the Depository; exit the 6th floor and then travel down 4 flights of stairs, to` appear on the 2nd floor where, as noted, he was positively identified? The WC concluded that all of this activity could be accomplished in the time allotted but critics have always doubted that improbable timeline.

But there is a more serious problem associated with the alleged Oswald decent to the 2nd floor. Two TSBD employees, Sandra Styles and Vicki Adams, were both at a 4th floor window watching the motorcade. Almost immediately after the last shot (perhaps within 40 seconds according to Ms. Adams) both women left the window, crossed the 4th floor, and then descended the stairwell to the ground floor. Now since the WC assumed that Oswald was descending those very same stairs at roughly the same time, it seems probable that these women would have seen or heard him; they did not.

Moreover Dorothy Garner, another TSBD supervisor, stayed at the 4th floor stairwell exit and watched Styles and Adams descend; she did not see Oswald on the stairwell either. After a short period of time, she then watched Roy Truly and Officer Baker ascend those same stairs on their way up to the 6th floor. Yet as we have noted, Truly and Baker had already confronted Oswald on the 2nd floor and this confrontation must have occurred prior to Garner’s observations and prior to the stairway decent of Adams and Styles. Thus, either Oswald descended those stairs well before Styles and Adams (even though they started down two floors lower) or he could not have been on the 6th floor firing at the President.

We know for certain that Oswald was near the 2nd floor lunch room within minutes of the fatal shot. But where was Oswald a minute or two earlier…at the precise moment of the assassination?

The famous Altgens photo (showing the motorcade in the foreground and the TSBD in the background) which was taken simultaneously with a bullet hitting JFK, also shows a man in the front doorway of the TSBD who looks remarkably like Lee Harvey Oswald. Speculation began almost immediately that it was Oswald but the WC concluded, instead, that the man was Billy Lovelady another TSBD employee. Lovelady testified before the WC that he was in fact the man in the Altgens photo and several other TSBD employees appeared to confirm Lovelady’s story.

But like many other aspects of the WC theory of the assassination, the Billy Lovelady story has almost completely collapsed. Modern photo analysis has all but proven that the man in the doorway is Oswald and not Lovelady (although Lovelady is likely somewhere on the front steps also). The relatively thin face in the enhanced photo appears to be Oswald’s. The chin looks like Oswald’s as does the hairline. But the clincher is the unique looking shirt that the man in the doorway is wearing. For all intensive purposes, it’s almost like a fingerprint.

There are many films and photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald in the Dallas police station after his capture that show him wearing a rather strange looking, long sleeve shirt. The shirt has an odd gray weave design, has rather unusual looking lapels and is unbuttoned almost to the waist. Oswald is also wearing a white tee shirt that is exposed above his unbuttoned shirt.

Well, the man in the doorway is dressed in exactly the same manner; there are just no dissimilarities whatever. The long sleeve shirt he is wearing looks identical to Oswald’s: same pattern and weave, same grayish color, similar looking white tee shirt peaking above a shirt that is open almost to the waist. Even the shirt lapels, especially the left lapel, appear to match up precisely with the Oswald shirt in police photos. It is unreasonable to believe that this man in the doorway is none other than Lee Harvey Oswald.

Moreover, aside from physical appearance and dress, the man in the doorway is also standing and assuming a pose much like Oswald does in several police station photos. Lee Oswald had a habit of standing with his arms hanging down close to his body with his left hand reaching across his body to grasp his right arm. The man in the doorway appears to be standing in exactly the same manner as he leans in to watch the motorcade. In conclusion, the face, shirt and posture of the man in the doorway appears to match those of Lee Harvey Oswald. Either this is the world’s most amazing coincidence or “doorway man” is Oswald and, therefore, Oswald could not have been shooting at the President from the 6th floor.

But what about Billy Lovelady? Lovelady may well have been on the steps of the TSBD at the time of the shooting, but his claim to be the man in the doorway is simply not credible. Lovelady’s face is rounder than the man in the doorway and his chin is very different; he is stockier and heavier than the man in the photo. But the clincher, of course, is the unique shirt and the way it is worn. Lovelady never had a shirt anything like the doorway man’s shirt; if he did, he never produced it. Indeed, when asked to produce and be photographed in the shirt that he wore on November 22, 1963, Lovelady appeared in a short sleeve, boldly stripped shirt that had no resemblance whatever to the doorway photo shirt. The Lovelady (self) identification is a hoax.

Lee Harvey Oswald was almost certainly not the 6th floor shooter but he may well have been a “patsy” (as he claimed) and framed for involvement in the events of November 22, 1963. What that precise involvement was still remains unresolved.

POSTED DECEMBER 27, 2017

STILL WANT THAT FLU SHOT?

The subject article covers one in thousands of adverse reactions to the flu shot. Reactions range from getting the flu, to Guillain-Barré syndrome, to suspicious deaths. This article covers a healthy individual receiving the flu shot, then shortly thereafter, encountering a number of very serious side effects. She experienced blindness, skin blisters and MS. She may never recover.

Meanwhile, national news reported today that this years flu vaccine was only 10% effective. Knowing how much they lie, I would guess that the flu vaccine is probably 100 % ineffective. Of course, employers all over the nation are blackmailing their employees to get the flu shot or face repercussions.

So, roll up your sleeves and the sleeves of your children and pray you will be lucky.

It was only weeks following a flu shot that Jennifer Whitney says she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The 34-year-old Mukilteo, Washington resident says she took the vaccine after being pressured by her boss at work. Inevitably, Whitney was terminated from her job due to taking time off to deal with the onset of MS symptoms. Whitney spent ten months unable to see and is no longer able to have children.​

She told MailOnline: ‘Some people tell me that I must be imagining it because they believe vaccines are safe, but that’s not the case.

‘I’m not imagining all these symptoms and I’m certainly not imagining how well I used to be. Whether I’ll ever be that well again, I don’t know.’

Whitney was a manager at an optometry business at the time of her MS diagnosis. She says that pressure from her boss forced her hand with getting a flu shot.

‘As the manager, I felt pressurized into setting an example to the other employees,’ she said. ‘My boss encouraged everyone to get it.

‘I didn’t want to cause any arguments, so I went to the pharmacy in my lunch-hour and received my flu shot. Then I went back to work.’

In the days that would follow, Whitney claims she experienced a variety of potential side-effects, including a headache, pain, and dizziness.

‘I just about managed to drive home, but had to call my husband from the car to come and help me,’ Mrs Whitney said.

‘I was so weak, I couldn’t walk, so my husband had to carry me to our apartment. Once inside, he lay me down on the sofa.

‘Little did I know I’d be spending the next few weeks in that exact same spot.’

Doctors told her she had a condition known as benign vertigo. The next day, Whitney was subjected to an MRI at which point she was diagnosed with MS. She was told that her immune system was attacking her brain.

‘I was so shocked,’ she said. ‘I’m a really healthy person and had never been off sick from work.

To have suddenly developed a serious, untreatable and incurable illness practically overnight was hard for me to comprehend.’

The MS medication’s side-effects further complicated her life.

‘My skin broke out in blisters all over my body. I reported this to my neurologist, who called me back in for tests for lupus which is a rare side-effect of Gilenya.’

The events rendered her unable to do her job. She developed severe shaking that made it difficult for her to handle eyeglasses. That’s when she claims she was fired for taking too much time off from her job. She says that she developed burning eyes following her termination.

She also says that she discovered that the vaccine courts pay out the largest settlements to flu shot victims.

Unemployed, she now experiences bouts of blindness in both of her eyes.

POSTED DECEMBER 26, 2017

Teacher 'was evicted from first class United seat so that airline could give it to US Congresswoman who ''always does it'' and was threatened by staff when she complained'

Yes, our government masters are at it again. The subject article covers Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, the congresswoman from Houston, demanding a first class airline seat belonging to another person. Yes, Ms. Lee is a friend of the poor. She works tirelessly to help the disadvantaged. The sad truth is, the vast majority of our elected representatives see themselves as the “new American royalty”. They live lavish lifestyles at your expense. You can ever talk to them. You can't write them. You can't get any personal response to emails. You will never see them in a local store, restaurant or movie theater. They don't mix with the great unwashed.

So suck it up and bow down. They live by different rules and standards. They do what they want, when they want. Don't get in their way, or something bad could happen.

A school teacher from Washington, DC is accusing United Airlines of evicting her from her first-class seat and giving it to a Democratic congresswomanJean-Marie Simon, 63, was flying home on December 18, having boarded a flight from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston bound for the capital When she boarded the final flight of her trip home on December 18, she was told by the gate attendant that her ticket was not in the system Simon was then told that the seat she had purchased, 1A, was taken She was compensated with a $500 voucher and another ticket in Economy PlusUpon boarding the plane, Simon noticed that her seat was taken by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, the congresswoman from HoustonThe airline denies that it gave Jackson Lee preferential treatment, saying that Simon had canceled her ticket Simon, who denied the airline's claim that she canceled her ticket, boarded the plane and snapped a photo of Jackson Lee sitting in the seat she had purchased

A school teacher from Washington, DC has accused United Airlines of evicting her from her first-class seat and giving it to senior Democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Jean-Marie Simon, 63, was preparing to board her final flight home from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on December 18 after an hour-long weather delay when she was told by the gate attendant that her ticket was not in the system.

When the attendant asked her if she had canceled her ticket, Simon replied: 'No. I just want to go home.'

Simon, who was on the second leg of her return flight from Guatemala, was then told that the seat she had purchased, 1A, was taken.

The airline compensated her with a $500 voucher and another ticket for that flight in Economy Plus.

[Jean-Marie Simon, 63, was flying home on December 18, having boarded a flight in Houston bound for the capital. She said the airline denied her a seat she paid for in first class and instead gave it to Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (seen in the seat near the window)]

Jean-Marie Simon, 63, was flying home on December 18, having boarded a flight in Houston bound for the capital. She said the airline denied her a seat she paid for in first class and instead gave it to Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (seen in the seat near the window)

[Simon (above), a school teacher from Washington, DC, says United Airlines evicted her from her first-class seat and gave it to the Democratic congresswoman]

Simon (above), a school teacher from Washington, DC, says United Airlines evicted her from her first-class seat and gave it to the Democratic congresswoman

Upon boarding the plane, Simon noticed that her seat was taken by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, the congresswoman from Houston.

Simon believes that she was removed from her seat by United in order to accommodate the Congresswoman.

The airline, however, denies this.

'After thoroughly examining our electronic records, we found that upon receiving a notification that Flight 788 was delayed due to weather, the customer appears to have canceled her flight from Houston to Washington, DC within the United mobile app,' United said in a statement.

'As part of the normal pre-boarding process, gate agents began clearing standby and upgrade customers, including the first customer on the waitlist for an upgrade.'

Simon denies the airline's claim that she canceled her ticket and claims United staff threatened to remove her from the flight for complaining and for taking a photo of Lee in her seat.

The teacher said she has screenshots of her United app that shows a canceled flight to Houston in August during Hurricane Harvey when she was supposed to visit her daughter, according to the Houston Chronicle.

[Simon believes that she was removed from her seat by United in order to accommodate Lee. The airline, however, denies this]

Simon believes that she was removed from her seat by United in order to accommodate Lee. The airline, however, denies this

United says the screenshot wouldn't show the December 18 flight as canceled because Simon did eventually end up taking the flight.

Simon said that she saw Jackson Lee board with plane with a flight attendant before all of the other passengers but wasn't aware of who she was at the time.

After she was seated, she was told by another passenger that her original seat was occupied by a congresswoman and that he had seen her do it twice before.

[Simon denied the airline's claim that she canceled her ticket, leading to the mix-up]

Simon denied the airline's claim that she canceled her ticket, leading to the mix-up

Other people on the flight claim they have witnessed the congresswoman carry out similar behavior at least three times before.

'I've seen Lee and IAH cutting in line and rudely taking advantage of her status before. United knows she will play the race card if she isn't treated like royalty so they just give in. They don't care about a hard working teacher vs a privileged idiot,' one person tweeted.

Simon said before take off the plane was delayed for nearly an hour due to mechanical problems. During this time Simon said she went to the front of the plane and snapped a picture of Jackson Lee in her seat.

She then told a flight attendant she believed she was bumped from her seat by the airline out of favoritism toward a senior politician.

In a statement on Saturday, Jackson Lee said: 'I asked for nothing exceptional or out of the ordinary and received nothing exceptional or out of the ordinary.'

Jackson Lee said Simon, who is white, confronted a black flight attendant about the perceived slight.

The congresswoman suggested that her grievance may have something to do with the fact that she is an African American.

[Jackson Lee (seen above giving a speech in Washington, DC on September 20) suggested that Simon, who is white, complained to the airline because she and one of the flight attendants are African American women, thus making them easy targets]

Jackson Lee (seen above giving a speech in Washington, DC on September 20) suggested that Simon, who is white, complained to the airline because she and one of the flight attendants are African American women, thus making them easy targets

'Since this was not any fault of mine, the way the individual continued to act appeared to be, upon reflection, because I was an African American woman, seemingly an easy target along with the African American flight attendant who was very, very nice,' Jackson Lee said in the statement.

SHEILA'S ALLEGED PAST BEHAVIOR:

Simon claims she was told by another passenger that her original seat was occupied by Sheila Jackson Lee and that he had seen her do it twice before.

Other people on the flight claim they have witnessed the congresswoman carry out similar behavior at least three times before.

One person said he had witnessed Lee 'cutting in line and rudely taking advantage of her status before'. He claimed that United knows Lee would play the race card if 'she isn't treated like royalty'.

Reports from back in 1995 when Lee first came to Washington allege that she was routinely chauffeured just one block to work in a government car at the taxpayers' expense, the Standardreports.

'This saddens me, especially at this time of year given all of the things we have to work on to help people.

'But in the spirit of this season and out of the sincerity of my heart, if it is perceived that I had anything to do with this, I am kind enough to simply say sorry.'

Simon denied any suggestions she was a racist.

'I had no idea who was in my seat when I complained at the gate that my seat had been given to someone else,' she said.

'There is no way you can see who is in a seat from inside the terminal.'

Simon said that five minutes after she snapped the photo of Jackson Lee, another flight attendant sat next to her and asked her if she 'was going to be a problem.'

The teacher said she was so distraught by how the airline treated her that after she arrived home she wrote a letter to the CEO, Oscar Munoz, and posted it on social media.

An airline representative contacted her last Saturday morning and repeatedly apologized.

Simon has asked for a formal, written apology.

'It's just impossible to suspend disbelief and swallow that story that I cancelled my flight,' she said said.

[United Airlines has experienced a number of public relations headaches in the past year related to its customer service. On April 9, Dr David Dao (above) was violently dragged off a flight just before take off in Chicago because the airline needed to make room for crew]

[United Airlines has experienced a number of public relations headaches in the past year related to its customer service. On April 9, Dr David Dao (above) was violently dragged off a flight just before take off in Chicago because the airline needed to make room for crew]

United Airlines has experienced a number of public relations headaches in the past year related to its customer service. On April 9, Dr David Dao (above) was violently dragged off a flight just before take off in Chicago because the airline needed to make room for crew

Passenger video shows Dao being dragged off United flight

United Airlines has experienced a number of public relations headaches in the past year related to its customer service.

The most notorious case was that of Dr David Dao.

On April 9, just before a United flight was set to take off from Chicago to Louisville, security personnel forcibly dragged Dao off a plane to make room for United crew members.

Dao refused to give up his seat and was left bloodied by the experience, which was filmed on cellphone video and posted to social media.

The viral backlash was a black eye for United, which apologized. The airline and Dao reached a financial settlement for an undisclosed sum of money.

POSTED DECEMBER 22, 2017

THE DECLINING MIDDLE CLASS

The subject article covers 10 things that are now moving out of reach for average people. Actually, the middle class in America has been declining for decades. One of the reasons this has not been apparent, is the entry of women into the work place. In the distant past, men were primarily the sole support of the family. Beginning in the 1960's and increasing through the 1980's, families had both men and women working full time.

This was just a band aid to mask the decline in real wages for average working people. Today, the chickens have come home to roost. Americans are having more and more difficulty buying a new car. Back in the 1960's, the typical automobile loan was for 3 years. Today, it can stretch out to 7 years. Movies, concerts, single family homes and vacations used to be affordable to almost every working person. Today, they are moving into the luxury category.

There may be many reasons for the decline in the living standard of average Americans, but one fact remains. It makes no sense for an employer to pay a high wage to an employee when he can get a foreign worker to do the same work for a low wage.

Middle class benefits are being revoked in the name of affordability. Because of several factors including stagnant wages, rising costs, and politics, being a member of the American middle class is quickly losing what little prestige it has remaining.

Are you middle class? In its discussion of historical middle class societies, The Economist reports, “Their members are neither rich nor poor but somewhere in-between…’Middle-class’ describes an income category but also a set of attitudes … An essential characteristic is the possession of a reasonable amount of discretionary income. Middle-class people do not live from hand to mouth, job to job, season to season, as the poor do.”

Some argue that the most sensible income amount to attach to the middle class would be the median household income, around $54,000. Perhaps, anyone who earns between the 25th percentile and 75th percentile is a member of the middle class.

Diana Farrell, once Deputy Director of America’s National Economic Council, told The Economist she thinks a middle class income begins at the point where a person (or family) has one-third of their income left over for discretionary purposes after they’ve provided themselves with food and shelter. In other words, someone who earns $3,000 per month would have $1,000 left after they’ve paid their mortgage or rent, utilities, and grocery bills.Discretionary income is not so easy to find. We’ve created a list of ten things the middle class can no longer really afford. We’re not talking about lavish luxuries, like private jets and yachts. The items on this list are a bit more basic, and some are even necessities.

1. Vacations

A vacation is an extra expense that many middle-earners cannot afford without sacrificing something else. A Statista survey found in 2014, 54% of people gave up purchasing big ticket items like TVs or electronics, so they could go on a vacation. Others made sacrifices like reducing or eliminating their trips to the movies (47%), reducing or eliminating trips out to restaurants (43%), or avoiding purchasing small ticket items like new clothing (43%).The work environment is so competitive and demanding these days, even workers who receive paid time off often skip vacations. In 2014, Americans failed to use a total of 429 million days of paid leave. In fact, 40% of American workers cite the heavy workload awaiting their return as the top reason for not leaving the office, while 22% don’t want others to see them as “replaceable.” Yet research shows that vacation improves productivity and enhances personal health.

2. New vehicles

While many consumers take a great deal of pleasure in buying a new vehicle, a report from Interest.com shows many households are stretching dollars more than they should. Out of the nation’s 25 largest cities, Washington D.C. is the only place where families can truly afford a brand new car, according to a simple calculation. The online consumer finance company used what is known as the 20/4/10 rule to determine affordability. This means people put down at least 20%, finance it for no longer than four years, and not let the total monthly vehicle expense (including principal, interest, and insurance) exceed 10% of gross income.

High price tags don’t necessarily stop Americans from driving new cars. According to Experian, the average loan amount for a new vehicle at the end of 2016 hit $30,621, the highest level on record. The average loan term for a new vehicle is 68 months. Even used vehicle loans have an average duration of 66 months. About a third of all new vehicle transactions are leases — a typical method to purchase more car than you should. Meanwhile, the average monthly payment for new and used cars totaled $506 and $364, respectively.

3. Student loans

Since student loans are passed out like candy in America, virtually anyone can attend college. However, that debt may prove to be unaffordable in the long term if you overpaid for your degree. While college graduates typically experience lower unemployment rates and higher lifetime earnings than high school graduates, members of the middle class are finding out the hard way that student loans can wreak havoc on budgets.

Over the past decade, total college debt in America has surged 84% to over $1.2 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve. Approximately 40 million consumers have at least one open student loan, with the average balance totaling nearly $30,000 per borrower. More than 11% of college debt is officially at least 90 days past due. However, due to deferment, grace periods, and forbearance, the Federal Reserve admits the true delinquency rate on student loans is roughly twice as high. In comparison, credit cards have a delinquency rate of 8.2%.

4. Emergency savings

Nearly half of Americans are placing almost nothing aside for the future. According to a Bankrate.com survey, 18% of respondents are saving nothing at all, while another 28% are saving no more than 5% of their incomes. Overall, fewer than one in four Americans are saving more than 10% of their incomes, including one in seven who are saving more than 15%. Only 35% of households with annual income between $50,000 and $75,000 are saving more than 10% of their incomes.

A separate Bankrate.com report finds a mere 38% of Americans have enough money in their savings or checking accounts to pay for life’s little surprises, such as a $500 car repair or a $1,000 emergency room visit. If a financial emergency arises, 22% plan to cover the bill by reducing spending elsewhere, 16% say they will borrow money from family and friends, and 12% expect credit cards to fill the hole — potentially leading to even bigger problems down the road.

5. Retirement savings

The golden years aren’t just becoming tarnished, they’re becoming extinct. The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) reveals some of the most depressing stats on retirement available. Out of all working age American households, the median retirement account balance totals only $2,500. Households near retirement age have a median balance of $14,500 — not even enough to replace one year’s worth of expenses for most older adults.A retirement without some kind of employment is becoming a thing of the past. According to a new report from Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS), 20% of all workers expect to continue working as long as possible in their current or similar position until they can’t work any longer, and 41% envision transitioning into retirement by reducing their hours or by working in a different capacity that is less demanding. Only one in five workers plan to immediately stop working and fully retire when they reach a certain age or savings goal.

6. Medical care

Medical care is a basic necessity and something we’d think would be affordable for someone earning a middle income. A Forbes article published data indicating that workers in large companies — many of whom are members of the middle class — “face nearly $5,000 in premiums, co-payments, deductibles and other forms of co-insurance.”

During the past few years, these costs have had a large impact on working Americans. A report by Feeding America found that a shocking 66% of households say they’ve had to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care — 31% say they have to make that choice each and every month.

7. Dental work

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “The U.S. spends about $64 billion each year on oral health care — just 4 percent is paid by Government programs.” About 108 million people in the U.S. have no dental coverage and even those who are covered may have trouble getting the care they need, the department reports.

People will often purchase medical coverage and forgo dental because it’s so expensive. Plus, dental insurance may cover only 50% of the more expensive procedures, like crowns and bridges. This leaves those who have insurance with large co-payments.In many cases, middle-earners will delay or even forego some of these procedures in efforts to save on costs. According to the CDC, nearly one in four adults between the ages of 20 and 64 have untreated dental issues (like cavities or infections).

8. Skipped paychecks

You know the situation is dire when even those with decent incomes can’t afford to skip a paycheck. Nearly one-third of households making $75,000 or more a year live paycheck-to-paycheck at least sometimes. A separate report from the Brookings Institution finds that around 38 million American households live hand-to-mouth.

Making ends meet each month has been the top financial priority for three consecutive years, according to Bankrate. In 2014, 41% of Americans are most financially concerned with paying bills, up from 36% in 2013 and 32% in 2012. Staying current or getting caught up on bills is the most common priority across all age groups, but highest among those ages 50-64, when Americans should be concerned with unaccomplished retirement goals instead of the monthly bills. The second most concerning financial priority is paying down debt.

9. Child care

Kids are expensive. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates it costs almost a quarter-million dollars to raise a child to age 18. Housing is the largest component of that estimate, but child care expenses also take up a significant portion and don’t appear to be getting cheaper anytime soon. The WSJ finds child care expenses are rising nearly twice as fast as overall prices, and in 41 states, sending a 4-year-old to full-time preschool exceeds 10% of a median family income. Full-time preschool is more expensive than pubic college tuition in 23 states, and care for an infant costs more than rent in 17 states.

10. Going to the movies

There’s nothing like seeing your favorite superhero on the big screen with surround sound, but that doesn’t always justify the price of admission. Many people aren’t going to the movie theater as often as they used to, and a big reason is the price. According to a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, rising ticket prices is the biggest reason for movie theater dissatisfaction across all age demographics.

Ignoring the convenience of watching movies at home instead of an auditorium packed with annoying strangers, it’s not hard to see why more Americans are choosing to skip the movie theater for cheaper alternatives. The average movie ticket costs nearly $9. That’s roughly $36 for a family of four before you even get to the overpriced concession stand that’s marked up in order to keep ticket prices lower and the theater in business. By the end of the two-hour outing, a family could easily spend $60. In contrast, $60 buys the middle class six months of Netflix and all the movies and shows their eyes can handle.

POSTED DECEMBER 21, 2017

U.S. AGAINST THE WORLD

Of all the issues to pick a fight with almost every other nation in the world, the “Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel” issue has got to be the dumbest.

Nicky Haley, proving to be one of the worst ambassadors ever, threatened to “take names” before the U.N. vote on rejecting the U.S. position. After the vote, only 7 other nations besides the U.S., and Israel voted on the U. S. side. And those 7 were small 3rd world countries. 128 nations voted against the U.S. position.

I wonder if Israel asks our government masters to go out and jump off a building, would they comply? So stupid!

I know. Every single time there is a disaster, there seems to be a government connection. I wouldn't believe it if there weren't absolute proof. The subject article and accompanying videos seem to provide that proof.

So the questions come up. Why would anyone do that? Is there anything to gain? Is there some way the video evidence can be dis-proven? All of us have enough problems to deal with without the specter of some black op, deep state, plots to push our nation into anarchy. So I'm going to hold out hope that this is just a coincidence, but judging from past events, this may be wishful thinking.

The train was on its' “inaugural trip” on a brand new line. It has been reported that the train was going 80 miles per hour on a track rated for 30 miles per hour. The latest news reports are starting to blame the engineer saying he was “distracted”. This is where my antenna starts to go up. It always starts with ridiculous explanations that make no sense. The engineer would not push the train to 80 MPH on a 30 MPH track because he was on the train too. I'm sure he wasn't in a hurry to die. Also, he isn't the only one in the engine compartment. Others who work for the railroad also aren't interested in dying. Wouldn't one or more of them tell him to slow down. If he didn't listen, they could pull the emergency switch. Then there is the “coincidence” of the derailment coming right on a bridge over the interstate, where emergency crews were waiting. This was a brand new track that “coincidentally” had no electronic speed governor.

O.K. These are the questions. I am wide open to logical answers that prove this was an unfortunate accident. I want it to be that, but if it's not, we need to know.

At least six people died when an Amtrak train with 78 passengers and five crew members on its inaugural trip on a new line from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, derailed and fell onto traffic from an overpass of Interstate 5 just north of the Washington state capital, Olympia.

All of the surviving passengers were taken to hospitals in Pierce and Thurston Counties, including at least four who sustained severe injuries.

Pierce County sheriff’s Det. Ed Troyer said the train struck several vehicles on Interstate 5 but nobody in the vehicles died.

A U.S. official told the Associated Press preliminary signs indicate the train may have struck something before going off the tracks.

Comment by owr 23 hours ago

Betcha the train struck some cemented tracks. Some sources are saying ANTIFA had a hand in mixing some cement that day, in that location. FEMA appears to have been wanting in on the excitement as they are reported to have been conducting a drill in the same area that day. It makes me want to go hummm.

Whoa... the thot plickens??

Comment by truth on Tuesday

Video: Mass Casualty Drill Conducted The Same Time And Place Of Amtrak Derailment

In yet another striking example of a pre-planned training drill being conducted at the exact same time as a real disaster or terror attack, DuPont Mayor Mike Courts has confirmed that a “mass casualty” drill was underway near the area of the horrific Amtrak train derailment that killed at least 3 people and left roughly 100 more injured.

That’s right, multiple agencies, as well as at least three mass casualty emergency vehicles, were already in the area “training” for a disaster when a real one apparently hit which has obviously raised a plethora of questions, especially when you consider past terrorists strikes that also had training drills seemingly go live.

As Infowars noted, “While the details of the train derailment in Olympia, Washington continue to come out, one particular fact is raising questions. There was a mass casualty event drill being staged at the exact time and place of the accident.”

The shocking revelation that authorities were “prepared” for the train derailment was initially revealed by a local ABC News reporter who directly confirmed that the mayor himself was in the area before the “accident” even happened.

“The mayor tells me, ironically today they were doing training for a mass casualty incident and that he was here, along with many other agencies, planning their day when this situation happened,” the reporter said.

The ABC report then went on to once again confirm that city officials were indeed carrying out a https://www.thedailysheeple.com/false-flag-mass-casualty-drill-was-...

POSTED DECEMBER 19, 2017

WE COULD GET A 409 BILLION DOLLAR TAX CUT THAT WOULDN'T COST THE TREASURY 1 CENT

It looks like the Congress will be passing another “tax reform” bill this week. Although there are various views on whether or not the average American will see a tax cut, it can be argued that our government masters would not be enacting “tax reform” unless they would be getting more money. Of course, we can count on tens of thousands of pages in the “tax reform” bill. Then we can count on billions of dollars in taxpayer expense researching, complying and opposing how these “reforms” are being applied.

Maybe by now you are seeing what I am referring to in the headline. How about a very simple tax plan? How about a one page tax form that can be submitted without any accountants, without any danger of audits, without thousands of IRS employees and thousands of bookkeepers and accountants employed by businesses? According to our subject article, published by taxfoundation.org, the savings to business and individuals would be $409,000,000,000.00. Now that's a tax cut! The best part of it is the U.S. Treasury wouldn't give up 1 cent.

In the past those running for office have promised to do just that. Donald Trump, during the campaign, promised just that. So why don't they do it? It's the same answer for everything they do. They are amoral swine, more interested in exercising power and control over us, than giving us any benefit. So it will never happen ---not with this bunch. Meanwhile, prepare for another tax screw job. Also, live in terror that you will be audited. Even if you win a case against the IRS, the legal fees will break you. Now you understand.

The growing complexity of the U.S. tax code has led to large compliance costs for households and businesses.Using data from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is possible to estimate the total cost of tax compliance on the U.S. economy.

Americans will spend more than 8.9 billion hours complying with IRS tax filing requirements in 2016.All in all, tax compliance will cost the U.S. economy $409 billion this year.

Introduction

There are many reasons to reform the U.S. tax code. The United States has a high marginal corporate tax rate, a poorly defined tax base, and an out-of-date international tax system. However, one often overlooked issue in tax reform is complexity. For decades, the tax code has become more and more detailed, with thousands of additional pages of statutes, regulations, and case law. This added complexity imposes a real cost on the U.S. economy. Tackling the cost of tax complexity to our nation’s economy should be a priority for lawmakers.

The Expanding Size of the Tax Code

Over the last century, the federal tax code has expanded dramatically in size and scope. In 1955, the Internal Revenue Code stood at 409,000 words. Since then, it has grown to a total of 2.4 million words: almost six times as long as it was in 1955 and almost twice as long as in 1985.

However, the tax statutes passed by Congress are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to tax complexity. There are roughly 7.7 million words of tax regulations, promulgated by the IRS over the last century, which clarify how the U.S. tax statutes work in practice. On top of that, there are almost 60,000 pages of tax-related case law, which are indispensable for accountants and tax lawyers trying to figure out how much their clients actually owe.

It Takes America 8.9 Billion Hours to Comply with IRS Paperwork.

Tax complexity creates real costs for American households and businesses, starting with just the time it takes us to comply with the tax code.

According to the latest estimates from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Americans will spend more than 8.9 billion hours complying with IRS tax filing requirements in 2016.[1] This is equal to nearly 4.3 million full-time workers doing nothing but tax return paperwork. The majority of the 8.9 billion hours will be spent complying with U.S. business (2.8 billion hours) and individual income (2.6 billion hours) tax returns (Table 1, below).

It wasn’t long ago that official estimates put the annual IRS paperwork burden at 6.1 billion hours.[2]However, the IRS recently revised its estimate of the hours required to comply with business tax returns from 363 million to 2.8 billion,[3] which increased the total time estimate by nearly 50 percent.

The Tax Complexity Will Cost the U.S. Economy $409 Billion This Year.

The time it takes to comply with the tax code imposes a real cost on the economy. Individuals and businesses need to devote resources to complying with the tax code instead of doing other productive activities. For example, a business owner who needs to file a complex tax return each year may hire an accountant or tax lawyer to do it. This tax professional may cost $70,000 a year or more. This is $70,000 that this business owner cannot devote to purchasing equipment or hiring workers. Economists refer to this as an opportunity cost, and it results in lost productivity.

Put in dollar terms, the 8.9 billion hours needed to comply with the tax code computes to $409 billion each year in lost productivity, or greater than the gross product of 36 states (Table 1).[4]

Form/Title of Top 50 Most-Costly Code Provisions Total Annual Hours Burden Total Annual Cost In DollarsSource: Reginfo.gov and author calculations based on BLS December 2015 estimate of hourly compensation costs. (1) For large business forms and complex forms such as estates, we used an hourly compensation cost of $52.05 for professional and related workers. For all other forms, we used $37.28, the average compensation for all full-time private sector workers,http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t11.htm

The cost of complying with U.S. business income taxes accounts for 36 percent of the total cost of the entire tax code, at $147 billion. Complying with the individual income tax costs another $99 billion annually.

Many businesses choose to become S corporations in order to avoid the second layer of tax that is applied to traditional C corporations. This, too, apparently comes with a high compliance cost. The compliance costs for America’s 4 million S corporations now total more than $46 billion annually, nearly $12,000 per firm.

The estate and gift tax, which will only collect approximately $20 billion in federal revenues this year, has a compliance cost of $19.6 billion.

Conclusion

Time is precious, and Americans should not be forced to waste it complying with IRS tax forms. On other occasions, the Tax Foundation has used macroeconomic modeling to show that a well-designed tax reform plan can improve economic growth, boost wages, and encourage new investment throughout the economy. However, the Tax Foundation’s model results generally do not factor in how much time Americans will save complying with a simpler tax code.

The latest official estimates of the eye-popping amount of time and money that Americans lose each year in complying with IRS paperwork—8.9 billion hours and $409 billion in lost productivity—indicate that the most important benefit of tax simplification may be the gift of time.

I turned on my TV to see the coverage of this breaking story. Guess what? Nothing there. No, the mediawhores can't be bothered with such a minor story as election fraud in a U.S. Senate election. Nothing to see here. Just move along.

The story covers the fraudulent registration of 3,000 people for the expressed purpose of voting for the Democrat candidate, Doug Jones. Is there anyone out there who thinks that these are all the fraudulent votes? We have already covered the registration of convicted felons in order to vote in this election. I'm sure some of these felons appeared before Judge Moore. Then there was the miraculous landslide in absentee ballots in favor of Jones. Then there were the military ballots which still haven't been counted. No, nothing to see here. Next time there is a vote, just stay home. Maybe if no one shows up, our “elected government” will be exposed for what it is.

The Daily Presser is reporting 3 women have been arrested for allowing thousands of invalid votes to register for Democrat Doug Jones.

From (Link: www.dailypresser.com)

Alabama State Police have arrested three women in Birmingham for allowing more than 3000 invalid votes for Doug Jones to processed through the polling station they had volunteered to operate. The State Attorney’s Division of Integrity in Elections is calling the acts of the women a “blatant disregard for the duties of civil servants, a violation of the public trust and a 2nd-degree felony.”

Wanda Werkmeister, Olivia Pertuiary, and Maureen Brown will all face charges of conspiracy to contribute to widespread voter fraud and violation of the public trust, both punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a million dollars in fines.​

POSTED DECEMBER 15, 2017

HIGHER EDUCATION? YOUR MONEY FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET.

The subject article is more than 4 years old, but believe me, it hasn't gotten any better. It contains 20 examples of absurd courses offered at various universities throughout this nation. After you read it, you will understand why we constantly see college educated and deg-reed individuals that come off as morons.

The worst part of all of this is that billions of taxpayer dollars are being flushed down this “educational toilet”. No, it's not everyone, but it shouldn't be anyone. In a nation where there is an outstanding student debt of over a trillion dollars, we absolutely don't have any room to spend money on “Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame” , “Invented Languages: Klingon and Beyond” and “Arguing with Judge Judy”. Maybe this partially explains why, when we access an individual at a call center, we get someone in a foreign country.

I have said in the past there are many reasons why an empire collapses. This is one more. It is sad that, we in America, no longer have any say in the governing ( or non governing) of our nation.

Bruce New World Order News

Would you like to know what America’s young people are actually learning while they are away at college? It isn’t pretty. Yes, there are some very highly technical fields where students are being taught some very important skills, but for the most part U.S. college students are learning very little that they will actually use out in the real world when they graduate. Some of the college courses listed below are funny, others are truly bizarre, others are just plain outrageous, but all of them are a waste of money. If we are going to continue to have a system where we insist that our young people invest several years of their lives and tens of thousands of dollars getting a “college education”, they might as well be learning some useful skills in the process. This is especially true considering how much student loan debt many of our young people are piling up. Sadly, the truth is that right now college education in the United States is a total joke. I know – I spent eight years in the system. Most college courses are so easy that they could be passed by the family dog, and many of these courses “study” some of the most absurd things imaginable.

Listed below are 20 completely ridiculous college courses being offered at U.S. universities. The description following each course title either comes directly from the official course description or from a news story about the course…

1. “What If Harry Potter Is Real?” (Appalachian State University) – This course will engage students with questions about the very nature of history. Who decides what history is? Who decides how it is used or mis-used? How does this use or misuse affect us? How can the historical imagination inform literature and fantasy? How can fantasy reshape how we look at history? The Harry Potter novels and films are fertile ground for exploring all of these deeper questions. By looking at the actual geography of the novels, real and imagined historical events portrayed in the novels, the reactions of scholarsin all the social sciences to the novels, and the world-wide frenzy inspired by them, students will examine issues of race, class, gender, time, place, the uses of space and movement, the role of multiculturalism in history as well as how to read a novel and how to read scholarly essays to get the most out of them.

2. “God, Sex, Chocolate: Desire and the Spiritual Path” (UC San Diego) – Who shapes our desire? Who suffers for it? Do we control our desire or does desire control us? When we yield to desire, do we become more fully ourselves or must we deny it to find an authentic identity beneath? How have religious & philosophical approaches dealt with the problem of desire?

3. “GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity” (The University Of Virginia) – In Graduate Arts & Sciences student Christa Romanosky’s ongoing ENWR 1510 class, “GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity,” students analyze how the musician pushes social boundaries with her work. For this introductory course to argumentative essay writing, Romanosky chose the Lady Gaga theme to establish an engaging framework for critical analysis.

4. “Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame” (The University Of South Carolina) – Lady Gaga may not have much class but now there is a class on her. The University of South Carolina is offering a class called Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame. Mathieu Deflem, the professor teaching the course describes it as aiming to “unravel some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga with respect to her music, videos, fashion, and other artistic endeavours.”

5. “Philosophy And Star Trek” (Georgetown) – Star Trek is very philosophical. What better way, then, to learn philosophy, than to watch Star Trek, read philosophy, and hash it all out in class? That’s the plan. This course is basically an introduction to certain topics in metaphysics and epistemology philosophy, centered around major philosophical questions that come up again and again in Star Trek. In conjunction with watching Star Trek, we will read excerpts from the writings of great philosophers, extract key concepts and arguments and then analyze those arguments.

6. “Invented Languages: Klingon and Beyond” (The University Of Texas) – Why would anyone want to learn Klingon?

7. “The Science Of Superheroes” (UC Irvine) – Have you ever wondered if Superman could really bend steel bars? Would a “gamma ray” accident turn you into the Hulk? What is a “spidey-sense”? And just who did think of all these superheroes and their powers? In this seminar, we discuss the science (or lack of science) behind many of the most famous superheroes. Even more amazing, we will discuss what kind of superheroes might be imagined using our current scientific understanding.

8. “Learning From YouTube” (Pitzer College) – About 35 students meet in a classroom but work mostly online, where they view YouTube content and post their comments. Class lessons also are posted and students are encouraged to post videos. One class member, for instance, posted a 1:36-minute video of himself juggling.

9. “Arguing with Judge Judy” (UC Berkeley) – TV “Judge” shows have become extremely popular in the last 3-5 years. A fascinating aspect of these shows from a rhetorical point of view is the number of arguments made by the litigants that are utterly illogical, or perversions of standard logic, and yet are used over and over again. For example, when asked “Did you hit the plaintiff?” respondents often say, “If I woulda hit him, he’d be dead!” This reply avoids answering “yes” or “no” by presenting a perverted form of the logical strategy called “a fortiori” argument [“from the stronger”] in Latin. The seminar will be concerned with identifying such apparently popular logical fallacies on “Judge Judy” and “The People’s Court” and discussing why such strategies are so widespread. It is NOT a course about law or “legal reasoning.” Students who are interested in logic, argument, TV, and American popular culture will probably be interested in this course. I emphasize that it is NOT about the application of law or the operations of the court system in general.

10. “Elvis As Anthology” (The University Of Iowa) – The class, “Elvis as Anthology,” focuses on Presley’s relationship to African American history, social change, and aesthetics. It focuses not just on Elvis, but on other artists who inspired him and whom he inspired.

11. “The Feminist Critique Of Christianity” (The University Of Pennsylvania) – An overview of the past decades of feminist scholarship about Christian and post-Christian historians and theologians who offer a feminist perspective on traditional Christian theology and practice. This course is a critical overview of this material, presented with a summary of Christian biblical studies, history and theology, and with a special interest in constructive attempts at creating a spiritual tradition with women’s experience at the center.

12. “Zombies In Popular Media” (Columbia College) – This course explores the history, significance, and representation of the zombie as a figure in horror and fantasy texts. Instruction follows an intense schedule, using critical theory and source media (literature, comics, and films) to spur discussion and exploration of the figure’s many incarnations. Daily assignments focus on reflection and commentary, while final projects foster thoughtful connections between student disciplines and the figure of the zombie.

13. “Far Side Entomology” (Oregon State) – For the last 20 years, a scientist at Oregon State University has used Gary Larson’s cartoons as a teaching tool. The result has been a generation of students learning — and laughing — about insects.

14. “Interrogating Gender: Centuries of Dramatic Cross-Dressing” (Swarthmore) – Do clothes make the man? Or the woman? Do men make better women? Or women better men? Is gender a costume we put on and take off? Are we really all always in drag? Does gender-bending lead to transcendence or chaos? These questions and their ramifications for liminalities of race, nationality and sexuality will be our focus in a course that examines dramatic works from The Bacchae to M. Butterfly.

15. “Oh, Look, a Chicken!” Embracing Distraction as a Way of Knowing (Belmont University) – Students must write papers using their personal research on the five senses. Entsminger reads aloud illustrated books The Simple People and Toby’s Toe to teach lessons about what to value by being alive. Students listen to music while doodling in class. Another project requires students to put themselves in situations where they will be distracted and write a reflection tracking how they got back to their original intent.

16. “The Textual Appeal of Tupac Shakur” (University of Washington) – The UW is not the first college with a class dedicated to Shakur — classes on the rapper have been offered at the University of California Berkeley and Harvard — but it is the first to relate Shakur’s work to literature.

17. “Cyberporn And Society” (State University of New York at Buffalo) – With classwork like this, who needs to play? Undergraduates taking Cyberporn and Society at the State University of New York at Buffalo survey Internet porn sites.

18. “Sport For The Spectator” (The Ohio State University) – Develop an appreciation of sport as a spectacle, social event, recreational pursuit, business, and entertainment. Develop the ability to identify issues that affect the sport and spectator behavior.

19. “Getting Dressed” (Princeton) – Jenna Weissman Joselit looks over the roomful of freshmen in front of her and asks them to perform a warm-up exercise: Chart the major moments of your lives through clothes. “If you pop open your closet, can you recall your lives?” she posits on the first day of the freshman seminar “Getting Dressed.”

20. “How To Watch Television” (Montclair) – This course, open to both broadcasting majors and non-majors, is about analyzing television in the ways and to the extent to which it needs to be understood by its audience. The aim is for students to critically evaluate the role and impact of television in their lives as well as in the life of the culture. The means to achieve this aim is an approach that combines media theory and criticism with media education.

Are you starting to understand why our college graduates can’t function effectively when they graduate and go out into the real world?

All of this would be completely hilarious if not for the fact that we have millions of young people going into enormous amounts of debt to pay to go to these colleges.

In America today, college education has become a giant money making scam. We have a system that absolutely throws money at our young people, but we never warn them about the consequences of all of these loans. The following is an excerpt from an email that one reader sent me recently about the student loan industry…

For example, one woman told me that her and her husband sat down and thought of every possible expense they could when they were applying for parent/student loan for their daughter. When the approval came back, they were approved for 7k more than they asked for…how about ****! Of course at 7%, why not! Funny thing is they kept the 7k, because she’s in wealth management and said she could “easily” get more than 7% in the stock market……awesome! I have another example of a younger friend of mine who graduated law school from Vanderbilt with 210k in student loans. I asked if tuition was that much there. She said kind of, but they kept offering more than the actual tuition, so she took it and used it for a better lifestyle. Now 20% of her income goes to pay those loans, and it’s still not enough to touch one dollar of the principal…so all she is doing is paying interest, and building on principal…like a revers amortizing mortgage. To make it worse, she was able to save 25k, so she is going to buy a house somehow. Having explained to her that the best investment in the world is to pay off a high interest loan, she said I’m tired of waiting to have a life.

In a recent article entitled “The Student Loan Delinquency Rate In The United States Has Hit A Brand New Record High” I detailed how nightmarish our student loan debt bubble is becoming. According to the Federal Reserve, the total amount of student loan debt has risen by 275 percent since 2003, and it just continues to soar.

A college education can be a wonderful thing, but right now we have got a system that is deeply, deeply broken.

POSTED DECEMBER 14, 2017

WORLD WAR 3 UPDATE: WHAT ARE THE INSANIACS UP TO TODAY?

Oh, they're busy, busy, busy. I have posted one article and 3 headlines concerning our government masters blood lust to start a nuclear war. The first is an incident in Syria. According to both Russian and U.S. sources U.S. F 22's had to deploy flares to “shoo away” Russian jets flying too close to the U.S. imposed deconfliction zone. O.K., let's go over this again. Syria is not a U.S. State. We have no business there. Our presence is actually an act of war against a nation who poses no threat whatsoever to U.S. security. On the other hand, Russia was invited by the recognized government of Syria to provide military assistance to rid their nation of terrorists. This has been successful. Ask yourself this: Would you risk the life and health of your son, daughter, husband, wife or other loved one to fight in Syria?

The second headline concerns a proposal by the U.S. to join Taiwan in military exercises in the South China Sea. China has already expressed their determination to oppose this, possibly militarily. Again, there is nothing to gain and a lot to lose.

The third headline concerns a threat on the part of the Trump administration to enact a blockade against North Korea. Of course this an act of war, but that is apparently what they want. Yes, North Korea is testing all sorts of weapons. There are scores of nations testing weapons, including ours. North Korea now possesses nuclear weapons. So do Russia, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, France, England and us. If that is an excuse to start a war, do we plan to attack those countries as well? I'm wondering how long we can continue these policies before we do get into this world war? You won't have to worry about seeing this war on TV. You will see it our your window.

The Russian Defense Ministry has said that an F-22 got close to a pair of Su-25 jets, hampering them from escorting a humanitarian aid convoy. It dismissed reports of the Russian jets being “intercepted.”

The incident took place Wednesday in the vicinity of the Syrian town of Mayadin, when a pair of Su-25 close air support jets were escorting a humanitarian aid convoy, the Russian Defense Ministry said. A US F-22 stealth fighter came from across the Euphrates river and approached the aircraft, firing flare decoys in front of them.

A Su-35 fighter jet, which provided cover for the Russian planes, “rapidly approached” the F-22 from the rear and the US warplane left the area afterward, the ministry added.

The ministry stressed that the incident occurred above the western bank of the Euphrates River, dismissing media reports that the Russian planes were allegedly operating over the eastern bank.

Earlier, US military officials told media, that a F-22 fighter fired flares to warn Russian planes away from a “deconfliction line” in Syria. After the encounter, the Russian planes reportedly left the area.

“Two F-22s went too close to two Russian jets so we had to use the de-confliction channels,” a US Central Command (CENTCOM) told Sputnik on Thursday. “This is not something extraordinary... It happens sometimes several times a day.” The official has also confirmed that the militaries of the two countries have discussed the incident.

Moscow and Washington agreed on a flight safety memorandum in Syria in 2015 and established a hotline to prevent emergency situations. Using this early-warning system, the militaries of the two countries discuss the approximate locations and missions of their planes to avoid them being in the same airspace at the same time.

However, the two sides have repeatedly accused each other of disregarding the memorandum and being reluctant to use the tools at their disposal to prevent incidents. A similar incident between the Russian and US militaries was reported by Russia’s Defense Ministry last week. It said that a Russian Su-35 was forced to chase away a rogue US F-22 jet on November 23.

“The F-22 launched decoy flares and used airbrakes while constantly maneuvering [near the Russian strike jets], imitating an air fight,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said last Saturday in a statement, accusing the US military of attempts to disrupt the anti-terrorist operation and preventing Russian planes from bombing Islamic State terrorists.

Yesterday, I covered growing evidence that there would be massive vote fraud in the Alabama special election. Sadly, I and scores of others were correct. I have posted an article outlining some of the obvious fraud in that election. It is disappointing that Americans put up with this as well as scores of other destructive practices on the part of our government masters. I'm not going to repeat the points made in the article, but I am going to point to the many, many other cases of vote fraud in recent years here in the U.S. None of this is reported by the mediawhores and much of this is ignored by the population as a whole.

I have also posted a link to Blackboxvoting.org. Here, Bev Harris, shows how easy it is to hack into voting machines and change the results. So vote fraud is nothing new, as our old friend, Joseph Stalin bragged about. Instead, it is a disease which Americans suffer from. The disease is denial. Yes, it happens to everyone else, but it can't happen here. It can and it did.

The story of the day centers around the highly publicized and anticipated Special Election that took place in Alabama on December 12, 2017. By the end of the night it seem to many on the left that the fight was over and deed was done, Doug Jones was declared the winner. However, Roy Moore, along with countless supporters, are refusing go along with the idea that a staunch liberal and progressive Democrat somehow turned a Senate seat blue after decades of being red as a recount is being pondered and voter fraud evidenceis examined.

This is an incredibly important election, as most genuinely are, but this is a fight for the Make American Great Again campaign against the globalist powers at work. Moore was not the perfect candidate, but he stood tall in the wake of both major U.S. parties demanding he step aside. He could have just taken the hint and moved along but he is not that kind of man.

The allegations have been refuted and even some have been completely discredited. It is not likely that someone can go for 30 years in public service with allegations like these going unheard. That is why so many were skeptical about the allegations in the first place because the women waited until the time before a massive election to try and curry disapproval from undecided voters.

Moore stood tall against the false accusation that may have played a role in the turnout. He is still going to keep fighting as the military has yet to be counted as well as the potential for a recount.

However, Moore remained firm in his beliefs and position and so he refused to step aside thus putting the decision in the hands of the people of Alabama, or at least he thought they would be the ones deciding. Numerous reports are showing discrepancies and “coincidences” that compromise the integrity of the vote. Many have found that activists took to the popular social media site “Reddit” to ask African-Americans in Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee to travel to Alabama to vote.

It has been proven in the past that Democrats use very dishonest and corrupt means to get votes. This was made perfectly clear during the Project Veritas videos during the election where an election rigging specialist described a lot of the tactics they use to get what they want. This includes busing people from location to location to ensure multiple votes or at least voters from out of state.

Many claim to have witnessed such buses unloading voters to the polls yesterday in Alabama and only time will tell if video proof can be made public. However, there are more subtle means of detecting voter fraud then just looking out for false voters. The statistics of the night show a dramatic, and almost unbelievable, turn out for Democrats in the race with a 92% turnout.

Many, like Political analyst Bill Mitchell above, are skeptical of the results of this election as the numbers are simply too unbelievable. This along with evidence that voter fraud definitely takes place is enough reason to be suspicious.

This is not only surprising as Democrats usually fail to show up for midterm elections, and this is even more unscheduled than those, but also alarming as only around 50% of Republicans showed up to vote. Despite these large gaps in turnout, the race was incredibly close and could truly come down to the military absentee ballots that Moore is hoping will at least secure a state mandated recount.

It is troubling to even think that the electoral systems of the United States could be compromised through fraudulent voters, biased ballot counters, or even corrupt officials ruling in the eleventh hour that the state could destroy their ballots as the integrity of the voting system is what keeps the peace between the people and the government.

If our elections can no longer be safe from fraud or bias, then the entire concept of the Republic is null and void. If all the bad guys have to do is bus people in, intimidate local voters, and just make up stories about their opponents that never get proven true then there is likely no chance that a non-corrupt person could make it into the office to achieve something good.

Our ancestors knew the dangers that forces working domestically represent as they look to undermine everything that the United States stands for. Abraham Lincoln, as controversial as he may be, had to deal with this first hand and understands just how much Democrats want to keep control.

This is the very idea that our nation was founded on and it seems like this election could be an actual attack on that idea. Roy Moore needs to keep fighting now more than ever before as the very basis for our system of government is under attack because in reality, if Democrats can steal a Senate seat in Alabama, they can steal one anywhere.

There are several videos on this site. One of the best is "Hacking Democracy". Of course you'll never see or hear anything about this from the Mediawhores.

POSTED DECEMBER 12, 2017

ALABAMA SUPREME COURT MAKES ELECTION FRAUD EASY

Today is the election in Alabama's special election for the U.S. Senate. Despite the smear tactics used by those who don't want Judge Roy Moore to enter the Senate, polls have consistently showed Moore with a comfortable lead ---- until this week. Right out of the blue a Fox poll showed Moore's opponent with a 10 point lead. Then, today, the Alabama Supreme court set aside a lower court ruling requiring precincts to keep a record of ballots cast. So, let the cheating begin.

It doesn't always work. Last year, despite voter fraud in the millions of votes, Hillary Clinton still lost the election. I don't know about this one, but can it be any more obvious? Let's not bother to verify the votes. No, no reason to keep a record by providing photo evidence of the legitimacy of votes. This country is in real trouble on a number of fronts. Every single major election has questions about vote fraud and it never has any meaningful investigation. If Americans cannot be assured that their vote is fairly counted, then we no longer have a democratic form of government. These are just used to validate the position of our rulers. Our elections are just as phony as those held in the old Soviet Union. If this continues we will soon share their fate.

An order granting a preliminary injunction was filed at 1:36 p.m. Monday - less than 24 hours before voting is to begin. The order came in response to a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of four Alabama voters who argued that the state is required to maintain the images under state and federal law.

"All counties employing digital ballot scanners in the Dec. 12, 2017 election are hereby ordered to set their voting machines to save all processed images in order to preserve all digital ballot images," Montgomery County Circuit Judge Roman Ashley Shaul wrote in the order.

Priscilla Duncan, attorney for the plaintiffs, applauded the order.

"[The images] need to be preserved at least six months under the statute," Duncan told AL.com Monday afternoon. "They are being told at this point to preserve all digital ballot records."

Reached by phone shortly after the injunction was issued Monday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill declined to comment. Merrill and Ed Packard, the state administrator of elections, are the two defendants named in the suit filed Thursday.

"We don't comment on lawsuits," Merrill said.

Digital ballot images are essentially digitized versions of the paper ballots Alabamians fill out in the voting booth. In Alabama, these digital images are destroyed once an election has passed, according to Duncan.

"People think that when they mark the ballots and they go into the machine that that's what counted," she said. "But it's not, the paper ballot is not what's counted. That ballot is scanned and they destroy [the ballots] after the election ... If there's ever an election challenge you need to have what was actually counted."

The destruction of the images allegedly opens the door to potential hacking because there are no hard copies of the ballots, according to Duncan.

"The Department of Homeland Security notified our Secretary of State here that Alabama is one of the 21 states that had been targeting for hacking of election systems," she said, referring to this year's special election for Georgia's 6th congressional district.

Shaul wrote in the order that destroying the images could have a negative impact on voters in Alabama.

"After hearing arguments and reviewing the filings, it appears that Plaintiffs and similarly situated voters would suffer irreparable and immediate harm if digital ballot images are not preserved," the order states.

POSTED DECEMBER 11, 2017

U.S. TO STAY IN SYRIA. THREATENS TO SHOOT DOWN RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT.

In the never ending desire to start WW3 , the insaniacs who control our government have revealed their true intentions in our subject articles. Despite claiming the our military invaded Syria to “fight ISIS”, they have now announced they will stay even though ISIS has been defeated. Not only has ISIS been defeated, they have been defeated by Russia and the Syrian military with the U.S. military doing everything they could to thwart the Russian/Syrian effort.

Indeed, in the beginning of the emergence of ISIS, it has been disclosed that ISIS received military assistance from both the U.S. and Israel. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people have been killed in this failed invasion. Millions have been displaced and some of those have immigrated to Europe.

So let's understand exactly what is going on here. Russia was invited by the legitimate government of Syria to assist them in their fight against an invasion from a force largely comprised of foreign invaders. The U.S. received no such invitation. The Syrian government has stated this an invasion and the occupation of Syrian territory is totally illegal. As if this isn't bad enough, U.S. military spokesman have threatened to shoot down Russian aircraft flying into territory occupied by the U.S.

Yes, they are nuts. While we are preparing for Christmas, they are preparing for a nuclear war. This a war that will kill millions and affect us all. Our children and family members will be forced to fight it and in the end, everyone on earth will lose. We allow them to stay in power. No matter how dangerous some of those in some foreign nations may be, our biggest enemies are right here.

Two weeks ago, I wondered if heightened Pentagon rhetoric about “unsafe Russian flying practices” in Syria was to prepare the media for a possible shoot-down of a Russian plane by the US. Now the US has moved on to openly threatening to do so.

Recall that on November 24th CNN ran an article whereby, according to unnamed officials, poor US pilots were being “subjected to unsafe Russian flying practices” This followed a report a week earlier where an unidentified Pentagon officer spoke about “threatening” and “potentially threatening” Russian aircraft and their “increasingly alarming behavior” (which later in the article simply turned out to be Russians flying within weapons range of US assets on the ground).

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Now the Pentagon has graduated to openly raising the prospect of shooting down a Russian warplane directly through its spokespeople. Colonel Damien Pickart, the spokesman for US Air Forces Central Command, said yesterday the US military has “the greatest concern” it could “shoot down a Russian warplane because its actions are seen as a threat” — in other words, if they cross into “coalition airspace” in eastern Syria. Yes, bizarrely the Pentagon refers to Syria to the east of the Euphrates as “our airspace”:

“We saw anywhere from six to eight incidents daily in late November, where Russian or Syrian aircraft crossed into our airspace on the east side of the Euphrates River,” Pickart said.

The US claims it can not honestly know if Russian aircraft are crossing the river by “mistake” or because they mean to attack “coalition forces,” and that therefore US fighters could already legitimately have shot them down in “self-defense”:

The Air Force pilots showed restraint, but given that the actions of the Su-24s could have reasonably been interpreted as threatening to the American aircraft, the F-22 pilots would have been with their rights to fire in self-defense, officials at the Qatar air base said.

This is pure nonsense. This is not about any fear of Russian attack, but about turf.

Firstly an Su-24 is ground attack jet, and would not be used to attack other warplanes. More importantly, the Russians revealed last week that they had already carried out over 600 combat sorties to target ISIS to the east of the river in support of the usually US-backed YPG Kurdish militias. The YPG has, in turn, hailed the Russian air cover.* The Americans know full well that Russians are not crossing the river to attack them or their proxies. On the contrary, they’re there to back the same faction the US is backing, but Pentagon wants a monopoly on that, and on the territory that comes with it.

Additionally, while the Pentagon complains about a number of incidents in which the US and Russian aircraft supposedly nearly collided due to Russians flying on the “wrong” side of the river, the Russian Ministry of Defense has said that US fighters have already simulated an attack on Russian ground attack jets:

“On November 23, in the air above the western bank of the Euphrates River, a U.S. F-22 fighter hindered actively Russia’s two Sukhoi-24 attackers in fulfilling their combat tasks to destroy a command station of the Islamic State near Mayadin,” spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov said.

So who is actually doing the threatening here? The Russians who are crossing the river to help the US-backed YPG, or the US which simulates attacks on Russian aircraft?

But don’t worry, if the US does shoot down a Russian plane it will be the Russians fault for either flying above US-allied Kurdish forces that they’re helping:

Other Russian planes have flown within striking distance or directly over allied ground forces for up to 30 minutes, escalating tensions and the risk of a shootdown, American officials said.

...or else for “baiting” the Americans into shooting them down:

“It’s become increasingly tough for our pilots to discern whether Russian pilots are deliberately testing or baiting us into reacting, or if these are just honest mistakes,” said Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, the command’s spokesman.

You see, those Russians want to be shot down, and nothing is ever America’s fault. (Recall that according to neocon revisionism Saddam pretended to have WMDs to bait the US into invading him.)

The US Air Force has already shot down a Syrian Su-22 over central Syria, bombed the Syrian army on three separate occasions in southern Syria killing about a dozen Syrian soldiers, and bombed the Syrian army in the ISIS-encircled city of Deir Ezzor killing 100, supposedly by mistake, but actually most likely in a calculated move to sabotage the Lavrov-Kerry deal of September 2016 which envisaged the US and Russia working more closely together.

The subject article covers one of the accusers of Judge Moore backtracking on one of her original statements. She had released what was purported to be, a note and signature from Roy Moore in her high school yearbook back in 1977. She has now admitted that some of the entries were added by her. Even if we accept the fact that Moore signed the yearbook, there is no evidence of anything improper. Even if we accept her accusation that Moore did something improper, it was 40 years ago. Ask yourself this: Is there anything in the past 40 years, that if made public, would cause you embarrassment? Now, isn't it amazing that despite 10's of thousands of dollars dedicated to digging up dirt on Judge Moore, all they could find are these questionable accusations going back 40 years. It actually proves he has outstanding character.

All of that being the case, the Democrats are now retreating into the sewer of potential vote fraud in this election. Investigators have discovered scores of pre-marked ballots for the Democrat nominee. Also the State has issued a directive that a paper trail validating ballots in the upcoming election is unnecessary. A couple of weeks ago there was a push in Alabama to allow convicted felons the right to vote in the upcoming election. I'm sure there is no chance that a convicted felon who appeared before Judge Moore, would carry a grudge.

Roy Moore accuser Beverly Young Nelson threw her credibility in the toilet when she hired notorious sham attorney Gloria Allred, and now she’s flushed what remained of her reputation down to the sewer. According to Washington Post national political reporter Michael Scherer, Young admitted to adding the date and place to Moore’s alleged signature in her high school yearbook.

Here’s a photo of the inscription, which clearly includes Nelson’s addition of the date “12-22-77” and the location “Olde Hickory House.”

This is just astounding. Moore has denied up and down that the signature is his, and his attorney specifically stated that the “77” signed in the yearbook should be looked at by a handwriting expert. And now we know that Nelson was lying the entire time.

This does nothing to help her story, and, in turn, it undermines the stories of Moore’s other accusers.

If Nelson thought she was going to take down Moore with her accusation and her fraudulent signature, she wasn’t thinking straight.

If Moore’s opponent, Democrat Doug Jones, thought he was going to have a chance at winning in a deep-red state, his hopes were just dashed.

This revelation puts everything in question now. Voters who were on the fence, and were inclined to believe the accusations against Moore, will now question if the former Alabama Supreme Court judge is a predator.

The uncertainty may be enough to put Moore over the edge, and make him the next senator from Alabama.

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POSTED DECEMBER 7, 2017

2017 AMERICA: BE A FAILURE. GET MILLIONS.

The subject article covers the approval of a bankruptcy judge in the Toys R Us case to pay executives millions of dollars in bonuses to executives. Sadly, this is a growing trend in the U.S. today. Toys R Us is in bankruptcy. They have been losing millions for years. Obviously, their business plan is an absolute failure. Those who invested in that company are going to lose most, if not all of their investment. You would think those in charge should not be rewarded for this catastrophe --- not to be. Almost all large corporations pay top executives large amounts if they are a big enough failure. Here's a question: Do I want to be paid millions of dollars for working or not working? Most would choose the latter. So what is the incentive?

Here in Tennessee, the University of Tennessee football coach was just fired. He was being paid around 4 million dollars a year for coaching. After he was fired he received around 7 million dollars for not coaching. Whether it is Hewlett Packard firing their disastrous CEO, or universities paying off their failed department heads, it has become apparent that failure is more profitable than success. Just look at many of the U.S. government departments. If a department solves all of its' problems, they go away and with them, all of the funding. How about the never ending search for a cure for cancer? Find a cure? No more money. Never find a cure? The money keeps rolling in.

Over the years I have outlined many of the problems that will eventually bring down the American empire. Rewarding failure is a big one.

Toys "R" Us has won approval to pay $16 million in bonuses to 17 top executives if the company hits financial targets during the holiday shopping season.

The bankruptcy court trustee Judy Robbins, a Justice department attorney who represents the interest of creditors, had argued that the proposed bonuses were excessive and were little more than retention bonuses meant to keep the executives from jumping ship due to uncertainty about the company's future.

While companies in bankruptcy are allowed to issue incentive bonuses, retention bonuses are not permitted.

"It defies logic and wisdom, not to mention the Bankruptcy Code, that a bankrupt company would now propose further multi-million dollar bonuses for the senior leadership of a company that began the year with employee layoffs and concludes it in the midst of the holiday season in bankruptcy," she argued in her filing. "Apparently, this Christmas, Toys "R" Us intends to deliver not only 'children their biggest smiles of the year' but the insiders, too."

In its filings in favor of the bonusues, the company had argued the payments were necessary to get executives to perform at a high level during its bankruptcy.

"It is the [company's] employees - and more particularly the senior management team - that must execute at this critical juncture and provide the foundation for a successful turnaround," it said in a filing.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Keith Phillips approved the payouts on Tuesday. Because Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in September, it must now must get court approval for many of its basic business decisions.

These new bonuses will be in addition to another $8.2 million in retention bonuses paid to some of these same executives before Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy. They would be required to return the retention payments should they quit the company within a year of receiving them.

Among the 17 executives who would get payments is chairman and CEO David Brandon, who joined the company in 2015.

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The company said it also has filed for an incentive program for other employees beyond the senior management, and that such bonus plans are standard practice for companies going through a bankruptcy restructuring.

While the company asked for $16 million, the bonus plan could actually pay out $32 million if the company reaches much better than expected profit targets. But that's a result the company "will find very difficult to achieve," according to the filing.

The company said it had 1,600 stores at the time of the bankruptcy filing, and 65,000 employees, although it has gone ahead with plans to hire additional seasonal help for the holiday season. It lost $330 million in the first half of this year as sales fell by 5%, and has lost more than $1.8 billion since its last reported an annual profit five years ago.

Toys "R" Us has been struggling for years, not just with a shift of consumers buying goods from online competitors such as Amazon (AMZN), but also with increased competition from traditional brick-and-mortar retailers such as Wal-Mart (WMT) and Target (TGT).

Bankruptcy filings this year alone include Gymboree, Payless Shoes and RadioShack, which recently completed its second trip through bankruptcy.

Bankruptcies in the retail sector are up about 30% so far this year, according to BankruptcyData.com, and the number of store closings has more than tripled to about 6,700, breaking the record set during the worst of the Great Recession.

POSTED DECEMBER 6, 2017

AMERICA TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM AS ISRAELI CAPITOL. IS U.S. TRYING TO LOSE WW3?

One stupid move after another. Let's attack Afghanistan. Let's go back to Somalia. Let's confront Russia --- on everything. Let's violate Chinese territory. Let's have war with North Korea. Let's attack Iran. Let's send troops to Syria. Let's attack Libya. Let's go back into Iraq. Let's get involved in the civil war in Yemen. Get the picture?

Our government masters are desperate to start another war, even if it means a world war. The latest move towards national suicide is the move to recognize Jerusalem as he capitol of Israel. Here's the problem. It's illegal. It's illegal under the U.N. mandate establishing the nation state of Israel. Jerusalem is to be an international city to be used by the 3 faiths residing in that area. There is another problem. Muslims world wide consider Jerusalem as their holy city. Nothing can inspire people to kill and die more than religious fervor. There are 1.5 billion Muslims world wide in a number of nations. Many of them now feel justified in declaring jihad against the U.S. and Israel. If we had to fight them for the cause of freedom, then so be it, but this is absurd.

I asked if the U.S. is trying to lose the next war. I know, with the economy on the brink of collapse, the common wisdom is to start a war. People would support their lying politicians as the flag is being waved, but what if we lose? Many of the nations of the world have problems with each other, and under normal circumstances would not ally with one another, but now the U.S. may be accomplishing what would have been unthinkable only a short time ago. Russia, China, Turkey, Iran, North Korea, Indonesia, Venezuela, and a number of other nations are now considering putting their differences aside to oppose the U.S. Meanwhile, the U.S. is going broke trying to fight everyone, everywhere.

I have described our government masters as “insaniacs” in their blood lust to start a world war. Sadly, we must now add our current President to that group.

U.S. President Donald Trump is “declaring war in the Middle East,” a senior Palestinian diplomat told reporters Wednesday after it was revealed that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and eventually relocate its embassy there.

“At a time when the entire Middle East and the Palestinian and Israelis need a certain breakthrough, a re-engagement in negotiations, here he [Trump] comes […] to start a whole new episode of confusion, anarchy, distortion to the concept of a two-state solution,” Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian general delegate to the UK, told the BBC’s Today program Wednesday.

By recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which the president is expected to announce later Wednesday, Trump would declare “war in the Middle East” as well as “war against 1.5 billion muslims,” Hassassian said.

Shortly after Trump’s decision was revealed, Palestinian authorities called for “three days of anger” in protest, Spiegel reported. Palestinians have also called the move a “kiss of death” to the two-state solution, according to Reuters.

Israel Katz, the Israeli minister of intelligence, said “violent protests” would be a “big mistake” by the Palestinians and called on them “to not walk this path,” Spiegel reported. Katz added that Trump would not be “cowed by threats.”

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Hassassian said Trump’s decision would not only concern muslims, but also “hundreds of millions of Christians that are not going to accept the holy shrines to be totally under the hegemony of Israel.”

Trump will be making his announcement despite heavy criticism from U.S. allies, including France, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, which have urged the president to avoid the extremely sensitive topic.

The Jordanian king “affirmed that the decision will have serious implications that will undermine efforts to resume the peace process and will provoke muslims and Christians alike,” said a statement from the king’s office, obtained by Reuters.

No other country has its embassy in Jerusalem.

POSTED DECEMBER 5, 2017

CROOKS ARE RUNNING MUELLER INVESTIGATION

As the mediawhores crow about the indictment of Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI, something has become painfully obvious to the rest of us. This investigation run by former FBI head, Robert Mueller, is populated with political hacks and crooks. Almost all of the “investigators” are Democrat party stooges and Hillary operatives. Mueller himself is neck deep in the uranium one scandal and no, you won't see anyone investigating or indicting him

The subject article covers an interview with Flynn conducted by FBI agent Peter Strzok. It turns out that Strzok may have entrapped Flynn into confessing to this minor crime. It was also revealed that Strzok was instrumental in helping Hillary Clinton to avoid a criminal charge by changing the wording in an FBI description of her crimes. One, “grossly negligent” was a felony, the other description was lowered to “extremely careless”.

So now Strzok has been fired from the investigation. I'll bet any amount that Mueller knew this from the get-go. Otherwise, if he feels Strzok's actions justified being fired, Mueller should fire all the rest including himself. Just like Madusa's head full of snakes, when one is removed there are many more remaining.

Did Mueller know the The New York Times was going to publish the story about the anti-Trump FBI agent and coerced Michael Flynn into pleaing guilty before it came out? If this is true, there was no way Flynn would have plead guilty in light of the recent revelation that there was a corrupt FBI agent that interviewed him. It seems the liberal media sat on their anti-Trump FBI stories for a few days to give Mueller time to hit Flynn.

FBI agent Peter Strzok was one of two FBI agents who interviewed Flynn, which took place on Jan. 24, at the White House, said several sources. Strzok at the time was having an affair with Lisa Page, a lawyer for FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Fox News' Sean Hannity suggest Flynn may have been tricked into having the interview with Strzok without a lawyer:

According to another source, with direct knowledge of the Jan. 24 interview, McCabe had contacted Flynn by phone directly at the White House. White House officials had spent the “earlier part of the week with the FBI overseeing training and security measures associated with their new roles so it was no surprise to Flynn that McCabe had called,” the source said.

It was discovered that the FBI agent fired from Mueller's Trump-Russia investigation changed a key phrased used by FBI Director James Comey to describe Hillary Clinton's email crimes. It seems Peter Strzok, who was fired for sending colleagues anti-Trump text messages, changed Comey's description of Clinton's actions from a hard-hitting "grossly negligent" to soft "extremely careless."From True Pundit: (Link: truepundit.com)

A former top counterintelligence expert at the FBI, now at the center of a political uproar for exchanging private messages that appeared to mock President Donald Trump, changed a key phrase in former FBI Director James Comey’s description of how former secretary of state Hillary Clinton handled classified information, according to US officials familiar with the matter.

Electronic records show Peter Strzok, who led the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server as the No. 2 official in the counterintelligence division, changed Comey’s earlier draft language describing Clinton’s actions as “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless,” the source said.

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POSTED DECEMBER 4, 2017

NETANYAHU SAYS IRAN WANTS TO KILL JEWS. WHAT ABOUT IRANIAN JEWS?

It is ironic how the mediawhores and our government masters view those who tell lies. We have just witnessed Michael Flynn being charged with lying to the FBI. Indeed, years ago, Martha Stewart went to prison for lying to the FBI. Of course this is a one way street. If lying is bad, why isn't it against the law for the FBI, or any police entity, to lie to us? Why isn't it against the law for any of our government masters to lie to us--- anyone remember Saddam's weapons of mass destruction? It should be obvious that the danger of one in authority lying to us has much greater consequences than an individual without any significant power.

This brings us to our old friend, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. I have posted a headline quoting him calling the government of Iran “Nazi's” wanting to kill Jews. I have also posted an article covering the very large Jewish community in Iran. Indeed it is the second largest Jewish community in the middle east. They are free to worship. They are protected by law. They even have a representative in the Iranian parliament. They have had a presence there for hundreds of years. When given the opportunity to leave Iran, the Jews there declined.

Back to the lying ----- if we are going to allow our leaders to lie to us in order to start a war, we are indeed a lost people. All of our problems here in the U.S. have their foundation in allowing our leaders to lie to us without consequences. Some of those lies have led to the death of many thousands. They are the problem, not the inconsequential lies of Martha Stewart and Michael Flynn.

Iran, a home for Jews for more than 3000 years, has the Middle East’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel.

Most Iranian Jews live in the capital. In Tehran, there are 13 active synagogues that hold weekly services, five Jewish schools, two Jewish kindergartens, and a 100-bed capacity Jewish hospital. Although there are active Jewish communities all around the country, Tehran’s community is the most significant.

Since Iranian president Rouhani took office, Jews say they have been heartened by the support they’ve received. His government agreed to allow Jewish schools to be closed on Saturdays to mark Shabbat, the day of rest. Rouhani also allocated the equivalent of $400,000 to a Jewish charity hospital in Tehran and invited the country’s only Jewish lawmaker to accompany him to the United Nations General Assembly in New York last year.

Rouhani also offers New Year’s greetings to Jews on Rosh Hashanah — and the Jewish community in Iran is hopeful that a July nuclear deal signed by Iran, U.S. and five other world powers could bring an end to international isolation and improve their place in society.

The official recognition of minorities was rooted in the Iranian constitution: Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian Iranians are the only recognized religious minorities who, within the limits of the law, are free to perform the religious rites and ceremonies and to act according to their own cannon in matters of personal affairs and religious education.

Within this framework, the Jewish minority was guaranteed permanent representation in the Iranian parliament. The constitution also dictates that the Islamic Republican government and Iranian Muslims must treat non-Muslims according to Muslim principles of ethics and justice.

In practice, Jewish freedom of worship has not been limited in a meaningful way, and to this day Jewish holidays receive coverage in the media. Each year, local television stations broadcast programs on Jewish holidays–especially Passover, when the state media carries the blessings of the Jewish community head and Majles representative. The community has continued administering its own schools, synagogues, and other institutions, including Jewish hospitals, nursing homes, cemeteries, and libraries.

Today, Jews participate in Iranian civic and political life. Many Jews join the Iranian masses in protesting the State of Israel on the annual “Qods Day” (Jerusalem Day), and during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), Iranian Jews supported the war effort by donating ambulances and surplus goods as well as making hospital visits. Some Jewish youth even took part in the fighting and were wounded in combat.

Many Jews fled the country after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, most of the remaining Jews of Iran feel an unbreakable bond to their homeland and continue to live there. In a gathering of Iranian Jews in Shiraz at the end of 2002, several months after the release of some of the detainees, one of the leaders of the Jewish community made the following speech:

“We are not the same subdued people as before. We are alive, joyful, active and Iran-lovers. We’ve been inhabitants of Iran for the past 2,700 years … and Iran is our native country. We are essentially Iranians first and then Jews. We are proud to be Iranians. Long live Iran. Long live Iranians Jews.” (From the movie “Jews of Iran,” directed by Ramin Farahani)

Homayoun Sameyah Najafabadi, head of Tehran’s Jewish community, said it goes beyond simply coexisting — his community is deeply rooted in what is now called Iran.

“Iranian Jews are even more Iranian than Muslims — we’ve been here for 2,700 years,” he told NBC news.

It's on its' way and there's no way to stop it. The subject article covers Fed Chief, Janet Yellen expressing worry about the increase in the U.S. debt. Really? She can't be that ignorant of the past 37 years. How about this question. What was the national debt when Ronald Reagan took office? That includes all of the previous administrations from George Washington through Jimmy Carter. It was a shade under 1 trillion dollars. Today, the Fed admits to a national debt of $20.57 trillion. Others peg the total as high as 200 trillion. Also, it has increased by $723 billion over the past 12 weeks. Yes, the national debt has increased almost as much in 12 weeks as it had in almost 200 years leading up to the Reagan administration.

Here's what Yellen didn't say. The debt under Reagan could never be paid and the debt now can never be paid. The currency is ready to collapse. In fact, if it weren't for the military might of the U.S. projected all around the world, this currency would have been rejected in world commerce and collapsed long ago, but even that cannot prevent the inevitable.

So what will life be like when this finally happens? It will be somewhere between life in the Old Soviet Union after their collapse and life in New Orleans during and after hurricane Katrina. What we're experiencing now is not reality. It is more like a surreal experience. On the other side, the collapse of an empire is not only possible, it becomes inevitable.

Even as lawmakers are trying to cobble together a tax-cut bill that would cut revenues by $1.5 trillion over ten years, the gross national debt has spiked $723 billion over the past 12 weeks since Congress suspended the “debt ceiling.” It just hit $20.57 trillion, or 105% of GDP.

Over the past six years, since November 2011, the gross national debt has surged nearly 40%, or by $5.8 trillion. Back in 2011, gross national debt amounted to 95% of GDP. Before the Financial Crisis, it was at 63% of GDP. There are no signs that the relentless rise in the debt is slowing down. On the contrary – the tax cuts are going to steepen the curve:

In the chart above, note the last three debt-ceiling fights – the flat lines in 2013, 2015, and 2017, followed each time by an enormous spike when the debt ceiling was lifted or suspended, and when the “extraordinary measures” with which the Treasury keeps the government afloat were reversed.

And the Fed is getting increasingly nervous about the “sustainability” of this debt.

There are only a few lawmakers left in Congress that have a sense of fiscal responsibility. One of the lost souls is Senator Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, who, to address his anxieties about the deficit and the debt, wants to add a provision to the tax-cut bill that would raise taxes automatically if the economy doesn’t hit certain growth targets in the future. This “trigger” is designed to slow by a smidgen the relentless rise of the national debt. He has come under withering criticism for it from Republican lawmakers and conservative lobbying groups.

Fitch Ratings believes that “under a realistic scenario of tax cuts and macro conditions,” the US gross national debt will balloon to 120% of GDP by 2027. The way things are going right now, that is likely an impossibly rosy scenario.

So on Wednesday, Fed Chair Janet Yellen was telling Congress about the economy, its challenges, and the “disappointingly slow” recovery since the recession. And when she was asked about this “trigger,” she said that it was up to Congress to decide how to confront the fiscal outlook, but added that she was worried about the “sustainability of the US debt trajectory”:

“The idea of triggers is motivated by the concern that some have over the picture we have of debt sustainability now and into the future, and I would simply say I am very worried about the sustainability of the US debt trajectory.”

The future of the deficit and the debt trajectory “should be a very significant concern,” she said.

On Monday, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan had chimed in about the unsustainability of the trajectory of the national debt. Further complicating his assessment: In addition to the $25.57 trillion in outright debt, there are also the “unfunded entitlements” with a present value of “approximately $49 trillion,” he said. And he added:

“In my view, the projected path of US government debt to GDP is unlikely to be sustainable – and has been made to appear more manageable due to today’s historically low interest rates.”

Ah yes, the admission: The Fed’s interest rate policy has made the US debt only “appear more manageable” because it brought down the cost of servicing this debt and removed an incentive for Congress to do anything about it. But when rates are rising as they are, at the same time when the debt is ballooning as it is, this debt will start imposing an ever larger burden on the budget, and it will become less and less manageable.

So here you have it. The trajectory of US government debt is “unsustainable,” according to Yellen, Kaplan, and many others. In fact, just about everyone acknowledges this except for the only people that can actually do something about it: the lawmakers in Congress. They don’t even know the meaning of “unsustainable.” It’s not part of their vocabulary. It has been replaced by “fund raising” and “campaign contributions.” And they’re happier than ever to run up the debt, no holds barred.

The Fed is increasingly pointing at “excesses,” “distortions,” and “imbalances” in the markets. Read… Stock Market Lazes Happily on a Powerful Time Bomb, and the Fed Begins to Worry

POSTED NOVEMBER 30, 2017

GLOBAL WARMING DOESN'T EXIST. WHAT ELSE DIDN'T EXIST?

The subject articles cover a study showing there has been no global warming in the past 23 years. I have also posted a headline where a credit rating agency has threatened cities with credit downgrades if they don't submit plans to fight global warming. Let me translate. If you give us a pile of money to fight a non existent crisis, we won't punish you. It's a simple shakedown. After all, what does a credit agency have to do with global warming? Nothing, but it has a lot to do with diverting money from you to them.

Sadly, this has been a common tactic with our government masters and their corporate bosses. That tactic is identifying a crisis which doesn't exist and getting you to give money to pay for it. How about the Gulf of Tonkin attack? It never happened. How about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction? They didn't exist? What about Assad gassing his own people? He never did it. If fact, back in the 1970's some of these same phony scientists were warning us about the coming ice age.

No, the best course is to assume anything coming from the government is a lie until they prove otherwise. This is no different.

Bruce New World Order News

STUDY: Satellites Show No Acceleration In Global Warming For 23 Years

Global warming has not accelerated temperature rise in the bulk atmosphere in more than two decades, according to a new study funded by the Department of Energy.

University of Alabama-Huntsville climate scientists John Christy and Richard McNider found that by removing the climate effects of volcanic eruptions early on in the satellite temperature record it showed virtually no change in the rate of warming since the early 1990s.

“We indicated 23 years ago — in our 1994 Nature article — that climate models had the atmosphere’s sensitivity to CO2 much too high,” Christy said in a statement. “This recent paper bolsters that conclusion.”

Christy and McNider found the rate of warming has been 0.096 degrees Celsius per decade after “the removal of volcanic cooling in the early part of the record,” which “is essentially the same value we determined in 1994 … using only 15 years of data.”

The study is sure to be contentious. Christy has argued for years that climate models exaggerate global warming in the bulk atmosphere, which satellites have monitored since the late 1970s.

Christy, a noted skeptic of catastrophic man-made global warming, said his results reinforce his claim that climate models predict too much warming in the troposphere, the lowest five miles of the atmosphere. Models are too sensitive to increases in carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, he said.

While many scientists have acknowledged the mismatch between model predictions and actual temperature observations, few have really challenged the validity of the models themselves.

A recent study led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory climate scientist Ben Santer found that while the models ran hot, the “overestimation” was “partly due to systematic deficiencies in some of the post-2000 external forcings used in the model simulations.”

Christy’s removal of volcanic-driven cooling from satellite temperature data could also draw scrutiny. The study also removed El Nino and La Nina cycles, which are particularly pronounced in satellite records, but those cycles largely canceled each other out, the co-authors said.

Christy said his works shows the “climate models need to be retooled to better reflect conditions in the actual climate, while policies based on previous climate model output and predictions might need to be reconsidered.”

Two major volcanoes — El Chichon in 1982 and Pinatubo in 1991 — caused global average temperature to dip as a result of volcanic ash, soot and debris reflecting sunlight back into space.

Those eruptions meant there was more subsequent warming in the following years, making the rate of warming appear to be rising as a result of man-made emissions or other factors, Christy said.

“Those eruptions happened relatively early in our study period, which pushed down temperatures in the first part of the dataset, which caused the overall record to show an exaggerated warming trend,” Christy said.

“While volcanic eruptions are natural events, it was the timing of these that had such a noticeable effect on the trend. If the same eruptions had happened near the more recent end of the dataset, they could have pushed the overall trend into negative numbers, or a long-term cooling,” Christy said.

And it's not getting any better. Predictions for 2018 store closings number as high as 9000. The stock market is soaring. Bit Coin is soaring, but it's not real. Just ask the employees and stock holders of the companies that have closed those thousands of retail outlets.

The worst thing about all of this is that no one in a position of power and influence is taking all of these warnings seriously. They either lie about the state of the economy or ignore it altogether. It is assumed that just because we're the United States and just because we are still relatively prosperous, it will just continue on as is. Ask yourself this: Is there any empire of the past that still exists? Also, of all the past empires, how many of those in control publicly warned their citizens of the possibility of an economic collapse?

We have an advantage that most of those in the past do not. We have their example. Maybe those in charge of Rome or Greece or Egypt or Babylon could be forgiven as they didn't have the knowledge they needed to head off disaster. We have no such excuse. Our government masters may know deep down that we are at the brink, but they seem content to let us all go right off the cliff.

Bruce New World Order News

Recovery? We Have Tripled The Number Of Store Closings From Last Year...

Did you know that the number of retail store closings in 2017 has already tripled the number from all of 2016?

Last year, a total of 2,056 store locations were closed down, but this year more than 6,700 stores have been shut down so far.

That absolutely shatters the all-time record for store closings in a single year, and yet nobody seems that concerned about it. In 2008, an all-time record 6,163 retail stores were shuttered, and we have already surpassed that mark by a very wide margin. We are facing an unprecedented retail apocalypse, and as you will see below, the number of retail store closings is actually supposed to be much higher next year.

Whenever the mainstream media reports on the retail apocalypse, they always try to put a positive spin on the story by blaming the growth of Amazon and other online retailers. And without a doubt that has had an impact, but at this point online shopping still accounts for less than 10 percent of total U.S. retail sales.

Look, Amazon didn’t just show up to the party. They have been around for many, many years and while it is true that they are growing, they still only account for a very small sliver of the overall retail pie.

So those that would like to explain away this retail apocalypse need to come up with a better explanation.

As I noted in the headline, there are 20 different major retail chains that have closed at least 50 stores so far this year. The following numbers originally come from Fox Business…

If the U.S. economy was really doing well, then why are all of these major retailers closing down locations?

Of course the truth is that the economy is not doing well. The U.S. economy has not grown by at least 3 percent in a single year since the middle of the Bush administration, and it isn’t going to happen this year either. Overall, the U.S. economy has grown by an average of just 1.33 percent over the last 10 years, and meanwhile U.S. stock prices are up about 250 percent since the end of the last recession. The stock market has become completely and utterly disconnected from economic reality, and yet many Americans still believe that it is an accurate barometer for the health of the economy.

I used to do a Black Friday article every year, but I have ended that tradition. Yes, there were still a few scuffles this year, but at this point the much bigger story is how poorly the retailers are doing.